NEURORADIOLOGY Flashcards
Which among the following is NOT a primary effect of CNS trauma?
a. Cerebral edema
b. Subarachnoid hemorrhage
c. Skull fractures
d. Cephalhematomas
Cerebral edema
What is the most common brain herniation that causes secondary cerebral infarction?
Descending transtentorial herniation
Which of the following does NOT describe a second-impact syndrome?
a. It is a more acute catastrophic complication of repetitive head injury.
b. In most cases, a small subdural hematoma is associated with disproportionately large brain swelling.
c. NECT scans may show small crescent-shaped, hyper- or mixed density subdural hemorrhage overlyuing a swollen, hypodense cerebral hemisphere.
d. Complete ascending herniation with brainstem compression occurs.
d. Complete ascending herniation with brainstem compression occurs.
What is the most common cause of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in young adults?
Vascular malformation
Where is the most common location of hypertensive intracranial hemorrhage (Osborn, 2nd edition)?
Putamen
What is the modified Fisher CT grading for >1 mm thick subarachnoid hemorrhages, with intraventricular hemorrhage or parenchymal hemorrhage?
Grade 4
What is the modified Fisher CT grading for >1 mm thick subarachnoid hemorrhages, with intraventricular hemorrhage or parenchymal hemorrhage?
Grade 4
Grade 1- thin WITHOUT IVH
GRADE 2- thin WITH IVH
grade 3- thick WITHOUT IVH
Which of the following is TRUE regarding nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhages?
a. Aneurysmal: widespread; basal cisterns
b. Non-aneurysmal: clinically benign; complications and recurrence rare.
c. Aneurysmal: arterial in origin
d. All of the above are true.
d. All of the above are true.
Which of the following does NOT describe classical superficial siderosis?
a. Posterior fossa than supratentorial.
b. Due to chronic repeated subarachnoid hemorrhages.
c. Sensorineural hearing loss is common.
d. Most common etiology is amyloid angiopathy.
d. Most common etiology is amyloid angiopathy
Where is the most common location of the saccular aneurysm?
Anterior communicating arteries
Which of the following does NOT increase the risk of rupture of saccular aneurysm?
b. > 3 mm in size
c. Non-round/non-saccular
d. Daughter sac
e. ICA/PCoA location
b. > 3 mm in size
What is the most SPECIFIC BUT least SENSITIVE sign of acute infarction?
Dense MCA SIGN
Dot sign - MCA BRANCHES IN THE Sylvian fissure
Insular ribbon sign- loss of insular cortex
Disappearing basal ganglia sign- decrease density of the basal ganglia
Which of the statement is in CORRECT? Osborn 215
a. Ischemic penumbra is seen as mismatch between markedly reduced CBV in the infarcted core.
b. Potentially salvageable brain tissue is equivalent to CBV minus CBF.
c. Prolonged MTT over 145% that extends beyond the core infarct area characterize ischemic penumbra.
d. Infarct core shows mismatched between CBV and CBF.
d. Infarct core shows mismatched between CBV and CBF.
Which of the following imaging findings is seen NOT seen in acute infarction?
a. Hyperdense vessel in NECT.
b. Enhancing vessels in CECT.
c. T1WI is usually hypointense in first 4-6 hours.
d. Hyperintense in DWI
c. T1WI is usually hypointense in first 4-6 hours.
What is the most common type of watershed infarct?
External watershed zone
Which of the following describes posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome?
a. Typically involves basal ganglia, thalami, and pons.
b. Occur in the setting of acute hypertension.
c. Restricts on DWI.
d. Randomly scattered.
b. Occur in the setting of acute hypertension.
. A patient presented with an infarct in the bilateral medial thalami, just lateral to the third ventricle. On NECT, is demonstrates hypodense areas in both thalami extending into the central midbrain. Which of the following is the expected culprit vessel?
Artery of Percheron
What is the state hemoglobin state of brain hemorrhage when it is both hyperintense in T1W and T2W signals?
Methemoglobin