Six patients with neurovascular disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) illustrate the diversity of neuroradiologic changes in that condition. Emphasis is placed on the involvement of large cerebral vessels, especially as reflected by cerebral vein or sinus occlusions. The latter occurred in four of the six cases reported; deep or superficial veins, larger lobar draining veins such as the ...

PURPOSE To assess the potential of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) as an adjunct to spin-echo sequences in evaluating the cerebral vascular anomalies seen in Sturge-Weber syndrome. METHODS Four pediatric patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome were evaluated with conventional MR imaging and with arterial and venous MRA. Resultant images were evaluated for evidence of volume loss, cortical en...

Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by demyelination centered around cerebral veins. Recent studies suggested this topographic pattern may be caused by venous congestion, a condition termed chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). Published sonographic criteria of CCSVI include reflux in the deep cerebral veins and/or the internal jugular and vertebral veins (IJVs and...

Cerebral air embolism can be easily identified on computed tomography (CT) scans. However, changes in the distribution and amount of intracranial air are not well known. We report two patients with cerebral air embolism and present imaging findings on the serial changes in the intracranial air. We thought that the embolic source was venous in one patient because CT showed air inflow in cortical...

OBJECTIVE Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by demyelination centered around cerebral veins. Recent studies suggested this topographic pattern may be caused by venous congestion, a condition termed chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). Published sonographic criteria of CCSVI include reflux in the deep cerebral veins and/or the internal jugular and vertebral veins (IJVs and ...

Introduction Accurate segmentation and appropriate visualization of the arteries and veins in the brain improve the detection and characterization of vascular abnormality such as cerebral aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation and tumor vascularity. Traditional 2D projection display of vascular images such as minimum-intensity projection (minIP) of veins in MRV offers limited visualization of com...

A retrograde approach to aneurysms located at the middle cerebral artery bifurcation which uses the superficial Sylvian veins as landmarks is described. Fifty patients with 51 aneurysms were operated on using this technique. This method made it easier for surgeons to decide where to enter the Sylvian fissure for dissection of the middle cerebral artery branches and to secure the parent artery.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are occasionally associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), which is characterized by the presence of multiple mucocutaneous telangiectasia, epistaxis, and familial inheritance. We analyzed the angiographic and clinical characteristics of patients with cerebral AVMs related to HHT. METHODS Among 638 patients ...

The classic features of thrombosis of the deep cerebral venous system are severe dysfunction of the diencephalon, reflected by coma and disturbances of eye movements and pupillary reflexes, resulting in poor outcome. However, partial syndromes without a decrease in the level of consciousness or brainstem signs exist, which may lead to initial misdiagnoses. The spectrum of clinical symptoms refl...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Differential considerations for pineal region CSF collections include both true cysts and normal cystlike anatomic variations. Our purpose was to determine the sonographic characteristics of pineal region fluid spaces that reflect the presence of a normal persistent cavum velum interpositum (CVI). METHODS Eighteen neonates and infants who had sonographic findings of "cy...