Bioimaging of sense organs and the central nervous system in extant fishes and reptiles in situ: A review.

Bioimaging is changing the field of sensory biology, especially for taxa that are lesser-known, rare, and logistically difficult to source. When integrated with traditional neurobiological approaches, developing an archival, digital repository of morphological images can offer the opportunity to improve our understanding of whole neural systems without the issues of surgical intervention and negate the risk of damage and artefactual interpretation. This review focuses on current approaches to bioimaging the peripheral (sense organs) and central (brain) nervous systems in extant fishes (cartilaginous and bony) and non-avian reptiles in situ.

Multiple intracranial aneurysms in a patient with Seckel syndrome.

A 17-year-old girl affected by Seckel syndrome and multiple intracranial aneurysms is reported. Cerebral hemorrhage was the reason for the diagnostic work-up. The aneurysms were surgically treated.

Spiral CT angiography in the study of the carotid stenoses.

Purpose: To determine sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of spiral CT angiography (S-CTA) compared to Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA).

Materials And Methods: We studied 40 patients with suspected cerebro-vascular insufficiency by carotid stenosis. Diagnostic examinations by means of S-CTA and DSA were carried out within 24 hours of each other.

[Imaging with magnetic resonance imaging of the operated cervical spine].

The Authors report their personal experience with postoperative neuroradiologic studies in surgical patients with a herniated disk and/or degenerative cervical spondylosis. Twenty-six patients were enrolled: 16 of them underwent anterior diskectomy, 7 posterior decompressive laminectomy and 3 vertebral body removal. The patients were submitted to pre- and postoperative MRI with high field equipment (Signa 1.

Surgical treatment of a cerebral mycotic aneurysm using the stereo-angiographic localizer.

The authors report a case of mycotic aneurysm surgically treated by means of the Suetens-Gybels-Vandermeulen angiographic localizer system. The major advantages of this technique are reported.