Advanced Neuroradiology Cases

Featuring atypical cases and focusing on advanced imaging techniques, this book presents a compilation of unusual CNS pathologies with characteristic imaging findings. The aim is to aid the speedy diagnosis of otherwise rarely encountered clinical conditions and improve patient care. Presented as more than 130 real cases with extensive imaging description and step-by-step guidelines on how to diagnose individual pathologies, each scenario is backed by the most up-to-date literature available. The cases include some of the most recently described clinical conditions. The case-based format and description of each clinical journey encourages readers to engage with the diagnostic process and facilitates self-study. This book is for any radiologist who practices neuroradiology, neuroradiology fellows, neuroimaging fellows, practicing neurologist and neurology residents.

    Presents a unique and comprehensive collection of the rarest clinical conditions
    Highly illustrated with more than 800 clinical images
    Encourages a structured decision-making process towards a primary diagnosis

Table of Contents

Contents
Contents including case titles
List of contributors
Foreword Mauricio Castillo
Foreword Àlex Rovira
Preface
Acknowledgements
How to use this book
1. Neurodegenerative diseases: cases 1-20
2. Neurovascular diseases: cases 21-37
3. Neuroinfectious diseases: cases 38-50
4. Neuroinflammatory diseases: cases 51-59
5. Metabolic diseases involving central nervous system: cases 60-82
6. Central nervous system tumors: cases 83-117
7. Congenital diseases manifesting in adults: cases 118-137
Index.

Lázaro Luís Faria do Amaral, Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa
Lázaro Luís Faria do Amaral is a neuroradiologist and chief of the neuroradiology departments at the Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo and the Hospital São José, São Paulo, Brazil.

Asim K. Bag, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Asim K. Bag is an Assistant Professor in the Neuroradiology Section, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA.

Fabricio Guimarães Gonçalves, University of Brazil
Fabrício Guimarães Gonçalves is President of the Radiology Society of Brasília, and Neuroradiologist and Chief of the Radiology Department, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Brasilia, Brazil.

Prasad B. Hanagandi, University of Toronto
Prasad B. Hanagandi is a Pediatric Neuroradiology Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Contributors

Mauricio Castillo, Àlex Rovira, Asim K. Bag, Lazaro Luís Faria do Amaral, Aparna Singhal, Victor Hugo Rocha Marussi, Ricardo Heusi, Afonso C. P. Liberato, Prasad B. Hanagandi, Santanu Chakraborty, Taleb Al Mansoori, Bruno Shigueo Yonekura Inada, Leonardo Furtado Freitas, Fabrício Guimarães Gonçalves, Rahul J. Vakharia, Satya Patro, Antônio José da Rocha, Leslie Lamb, Jennifer Kamps, Glenn H. Roberson, Lucídio Portela Nunes Neto, Christiane Monteiro Siqueira Campos, Anderson B. Belezia, Jeffrey Chankowsky, Raquel del Carpio-O'Donovan, César Augusto P. F. Alves, Heitor Castelo Branco, Ingrid Aguiar Littig, Ricardo Tavares Daher, Guilherme Cássia, Bruno Siqueira Campos Lopes, Karen Barros Bezerra, Sunila Jaggi, Sonali H. Shah, Bernardo Jose Alves Ferreira Martins, Glenn H. Roberson, Ivanildo Castro Pereira, Jr, Benson Tran, Márcio Olavo, Gomes Magalhães, Rasmoni Roy, Harry Hardin, Marcelo Ricardo Canuto Natal, Renato Hoffmann, Inder Talwar, Kelly Fiorini, Taciana Mara Filomeno Orsini, Philip R. Chapman, Stephanie Lam, Afonso C. P. Liberato, Bruno Augusto Telles, Auro Augusto Junqueira Côrtes, Leonardo Furtado Freitas, Marc Dilauro