A plethora of infectious and noninfectious inflammatory diseases affects the central nervous system (CNS). The normal brain responds to these insults in a rather limited, unimaginative, and stereotypical masculine manner. Initially it gets rubor (increased perfusion), calor (hot), tumor (edematous)…
Let’s start off with some depressing statistics. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has an incidence of over 500,000 cases per year, and is the leading cause of disability and death in children and young adults in the United States. The annual…
Imaging is an essential component in the workup of patients presenting with symptoms of stroke. “Stroke” is a nonspecific clinical term denoting a sudden loss of neurologic function by any cause (e.g., ischemic infarction, spontaneous hemorrhage, post ictal state). A…
The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of tumors of the brain remains the worldwide standard. Members of the International Society of Neuropathology, International Academy of Pathology, and Preuss Foundation for Brain Tumor Research met in Lyon France for several bottles…
The anatomy and function of the brain is fascinating and complex, and we are still only scratching the surface in terms of our understanding of these structures. Nevertheless, a basic understanding of structure and function is critical in providing meaningful…