Practical Neurology

November/December 2019

The Neuroimaging Issue

Neuromuscular Ultrasound
Imaging Traumatic Brain Injury
CT Perfusion for Ischemic Stroke
and More. . .

Featured

Neuroimaging Traumatic Brain Injuries

Collin Herman, MD; Chesney S. Oravec, MD; and Anand Karthik Sarma, MD

RAPID Automated CT Perfusion in Clinical Practice

Brady Laughlin, DO; Alex Chan, DO; Waimei Amy Tai, MD; and Parham Moftakhar, MD

Ultrasound in Neuromuscular Medicine

Vanessa Baute Penry, MD; and Jared Hollinger, MD

Brain Tumor Imaging

Mona Shahriari, MD; and Parham Moftakhar, MD

Neuroimaging and Alzheimer’s Disease

Mary Ellen Koran, MD, PhD

In this issue

Chief Medical Editor's Page

The Importance of Neuroimaging

Anand Karthik Sarma, MD

Cover Focus

Neuroimaging Traumatic Brain Injuries

Imaging is of paramount importance to the overall care of people with TBIs

Collin Herman, MD; Chesney S. Oravec, MD; and Anand Karthik Sarma, MD

RAPID Automated CT Perfusion in Clinical Practice

When executed consistently and interpreted correctly, RAPID automated CT perfusion studies can identify appropriate candidates for thrombectomy.

Brady Laughlin, DO; Alex Chan, DO; Waimei Amy Tai, MD; and Parham Moftakhar, MD

Ultrasound in Neuromuscular Medicine

Ultrasound is highly useful and an integrated complement to history, physical exam, and electrodiagnostic testing for neuromuscular disease.

Vanessa Baute Penry, MD; and Jared Hollinger, MD

Brain Tumor Imaging

It is essential to be familiar with advanced MRI—perfusion, diffusion, spectroscopy, and susceptibility—for diagnosis of brain tumors.

Mona Shahriari, MD; and Parham Moftakhar, MD

Neuroimaging and Alzheimer’s Disease

Structural neuroimaging is an important ancillary diagnostic test for dementias, and molecular imaging has increasing utility.

Mary Ellen Koran, MD, PhD

Columns

Smart Business Great Medicine: An Introduction

Can good business practices translate to great clinical care?

James Geyer, MD

Epilepsy Essentials: Cenobamate

A novel GABA modulator has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration after safety and efficacy were seen in clinical trials.

Michelle L. Dougherty, MD, FAAN, FAES

Headache Horizons: Migraine Auras

The aura that occurs during the prodrome of migraine attacks ranges from subtle to sublime.

Daniel McNavish

MS Minute: Oral Therapies for MS

The advent of oral therapies has ushered in a new phase of disease-modifying treatments.

Neeta Garg, MD; Micheline McCarthy, MD, PhD; and Ameeta Karmarkar, MD

Movement Disorders Moment: Atypical Parkinsonisms

Pearls from the September 2019 International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders

Jill M. Giordano Farmer, DO

Case Reports

Case Report: Seizure, Fever, Hallucinations, & Vision Loss

A circuitous route to dual diagnoses.

Elizabeth Carroll, MD; Asya I. Wallach, MD; Arielle Kurzweil, MD; Steven Frucht, MD; Thomas Berk, MD; Michael Boffa, MD; and Ilya Kister, MD

Challenge Case Report: Aseptic Meningitis Worsening With Treatment

Diagnosis should be re-evaluated when clinical situations change.

David Horvat, MD; Jack Lovell, DO; and Glen Cook Jr, MD

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