We report a case of cerebral fat embolism (CFE) that was imaged with T2- and T2*-weighted, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images. Multiple white matter lesions demonstrated contrast enhancement, with little evidence of hemorrhage. The patient regained complete neurologic function. CFE can cause capillary inflammation and breakdown of the blood-brain barri...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Embolization of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is commonly used to achieve nidal volume reduction before microsurgical resection or stereotactic radiosurgery. The purpose of this study was to examine the overall neurologic complication rate in patients undergoing AVM embolization and analyze the factors that may determine increased risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS We per...

Mortality risk assessment of juvenile life insurance applicants with impairments can be challenging. Advances in neonatal care means more premature infants will survive into childhood and adulthood with attendant respiratory and neurologic disorders. The degree of neonatal lung disease and length of ventilator support are factors that help to separate out more favorable risks. Autism and other ...

Promising results in adult neurologic and psychiatric disorders are driving active research into transcranial brain stimulation techniques, particularly transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), in childhood and adolescent syndromes. TMS has realistic utility as an experimental tool tested in a range of pediatric neuropathologies such as perinat...

Review scope Included studies compared any SSRI (e.g., fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, sertraline, citalopram, or paroxetine), at any dose and for any duration or reason, with placebo or usual care in stroke survivors within 12 months of stroke or a reported mean time < 12 months since stroke (sudden-onset focal neurologic disturbance, assumed to be vascular in origin, and lasting > 24 h), and reporte...

Traumatic pseudoaneurysms of middle meningeal artery (MMA) and medial sphenoid wing dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) are rare. These lesions usually result from traumatic brain injury, and associated with skull fracture. In this paper, the authors report a case of a patient with a ruptured traumatic pseudoaneurysm of MMA and medial sphenoid wing dAVF presented with an intracerebral hemorrhage...