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Intro Flashcards

1
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Describe ventricular anatomy

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lateral ventricles (frontal, temporal, occipital horns; body, atrium/trigone) => 3rd ventricle => cerebral aqueduct => 4th ventricle => foramen of Luschka/lateral or foramen of Magendie (midline) ==> obex/opening to spinal canal

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parts of the third ventricle

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chiasmatic/supraoptic recess, infundibular recess, suprapineal recess, pineal recess, cerebral aqueduct, and massa intermedia

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massa intermedia

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interthalamic adhesion

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CSF is produced by?

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choroid plexus – located in body/temporal horn of lateral ventricles, roof of 3rd/4th

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CSF volume

  • ventricle
  • subarachnoid space
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150: 25 + 125 mL

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6
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CSF production in a day

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~500 mL/day

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CSF absorption

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arachnoid granulations and lesser extent by lymphatic system/cerebral veins

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cytotoxic edema

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cell swelling by damaged Na K ATPase ion pumps

most commonly due to infarct, restricted diffusion

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9
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vasogenic dema

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interstitial edema, increased capillary permeability

common with neoplasm, infection, infarct

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interstitial edema

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imbalances in CSF flow, commonly due to obstructive hydrocephalus

transependymal flow of CSF, periventricular

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subfalcine herniation

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cingulate gyrus slides under falx; compression ACA

contralateral hydrocephalus from foramen of monro obstruction

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transtentorial herniation

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DOWNWARD:
medial temporal lobe slides under tentorium

ipsilateral CN3 paresis, compression PCA, duret hemorrhages, compression contralateral cerebral peduncle

UPWARD: superior transtentorial herniation of vermis due to posterior fossa mass effect

obstructive hydrocephalus from aqueductal compression

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cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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displaced through foramen magnum, compression of medulla

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communicating hydrocephalus

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venticular enlargement, no obstructing lesion

subarachnoid hemorrhage or normal pressure hydrocephalus

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noncommunicating hydrocephalus

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obstructive lesion

3rd ventricle colloid cyst
posterior fossa mass obstructing 4th ventricle

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16
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intra vs extra-axial:
beneath pia
meninges/subarachnoid

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intra-axial

extra-axial

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perimesencephalic cisterns/basal cisterns

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suprasellar, prepontine, interpeduncular, ambient, quadrigeminal

surround midbrain/pons

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18
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T1 shortening signal

T2 shortening signal

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bright

dark

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19
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brain lesions demonstrate pathologic prolongation of longitudinal recovery

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T1 dark, T2 bright

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causes of T1 hyperintensity

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gadolinium, fat, protein

melanin, mineralization, slow-flow blood, calcium, paramagnetic stages of blood (intra/extracellular methemoglobin)

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causes of T1 hypointensity

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paramagetic states of blood (except hyperacute blood, extracellular methemoglobin), calcification, fibrous lesion, highly cellular tumors, vascular flow voids, muscin

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22
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FLAIR

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T2 weighted signal with suppresion of water based on T1 characteristics

white matter darker than gray matter

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23
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PD sequence

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conventional spin echo proton density

highest signal to noise ratio

useful to evaluate MS, demyelinating plaques in posterior fossa

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24
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diffusion weighted images

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DWI/ADC

brownian motion of water; signal lost with increases (pathologic processes)

CSF is dark

25
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differential for restricted diffusion

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acute stroke, bacterial abcess, cellular tumors (lymphoma, medulloblastoma), epideroid cyst, herpes encephalitis, CJD cruetzfelt jakob disease

26
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DWI vs ADC signal with reduced diffusion

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DWI bright, ADC dark

DWI: reduced diffusion will be hyperintense (less Brownian motion, less loss of signal)

27
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T2 shine through

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DWI images are T2 weighted so T2 hyperintense signals will shine through on DWI

28
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b-value in MRI

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higher b-value -> more contrast, detects reduced diffusivity

29
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GRE/T2*

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susceptible to signal loss from magnetic field inhomogeneities

180 degree rephasing pulse is omitted

30
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blooming artifact

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hemosiderin, calcium produce inhomogeneities in magnetic field; makes small lesion conspicuous

31
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differential diagnosis of multiple dark spots

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hypertensive microbleeds, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, familial cerebral cavernous malformations, axonal shear injury, multiple hemorrhgic metastases

32
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MR spectroscopy

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chemical composition of brain

may help determine radiation necrosis vs recurrent tumor, glioblastoma v metastasis

33
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MR spectroscopy: glioblastoma vs mets

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glioblastoma: gradual transition abnormal to normal
metastasis: abrupt transition

34
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ratios of specific compounds

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NAA decreases and choline increases with tumors

order: Cho, Cr, NAA

35
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canavan disease MR spectroscopy

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elevated NAA

36
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lactate doublet MR spectroscopy

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high grade tumors (anaerobic metabolism)

37
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Hunters angle

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line connecting tallest peaks should point up; normal spectrum

38
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perfusion MR

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brain imaged repeatedly with gadolinium injection

gadolinium causes magnetic field distrubance which transiently decreases image intensity

T2* images

useful for stroke and tumors

39
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what causes parenchymal enhancement

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disruption of BBB

infection, inflammation, neoplasm, trauma, vascular etiologies

40
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BBB is formed from?

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astrocytic foot processes of brain capillary endothelial cells

41
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what parts of the brain do not have BBB

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choroid plexus, pituitary gland, pineal gland, tuber cinerium (inferior hypothalamus, controls circadian), area postrema (inferior of 4th ventricle, controls vomiting)

42
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vascular enhancement in brain

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localized increased blood flow

vasodilation, hyperemia, neovascularity, AV shunting

43
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sources of extra-axial enhancement

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dura (pachymeninges)

arachnoid (leptomeninges)

44
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ddx for periventricular enhancement

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CNS lymphoma, infectious ependymitis (CMV), primary glial tumor, MS

45
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CNS lymphoma on imaging

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hyperattenuating on CT
restricted diffusion due to cellularity
low T2 signal

centrally necrotic in immunocompromised patients

46
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ddx gyriform enhancement

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herpes encephalitis, meningitis, subacute infarct, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

47
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nodular intra-axial enhancement

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metastatic disease

48
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subcortical gray white junction enhancement with edema

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hematogenously disseminated mets

49
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posterior fossa disease: mets

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venous dissemination of mets via retroclival venous plexus

50
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ddx rim enhancing lesion

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MAGIC DR

mets, abscess, glioma, infact, contusion, demyelinating, radiation

51
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pachymeningeal/dural enhancement

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falx, tentorium, cavernous sinuses covered by dura

dural enhancement on MRI is indication of dural edema, not BBB breakdown

52
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ddx of pachymeningeal enhancement

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intracranial hypotennsion, postoperative, post lumbar puncture, meningeal neoplasm (meningioma), granulomatous disease (sarcoid, TB, fungal disease)

53
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ddx leptomeningeal enhancement

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meningitis, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, viral enchephalitis, slow vascular flow

54
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fine linear vs thick nodular enhancement in meningitis

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fine/linear: bacterial or viral

nodular: fungal

55
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leptomeningeal carcinomatosis neoplasms

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MOCLEGG

medulloblastoma, oligodendroglioma, choroid plexus tumor, lymphoma, ependymoma, glioblastoma, germinoma

56
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mets that cause leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

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lymphoma, breast

57
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ddx of FLAIR hyperintensity

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meningitis/leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

subarachnoid hemorrhage

pt on oxygen or propofol; increased subarachnoid FLAIR

58
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slow flow of peripheral vessels

A

moya moya

CORE: Neuro (21 decks)

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