Monkeypox encephalitis with transverse myelitis in a female patient.

The 2022 monkeypox outbreak has affected 110 countries worldwide, outside of classic endemic areas (ie, west Africa and central Africa). On July 23, 2022, the outbreak was classified by WHO as a public health emergency of international concern. Clinical presentation varies from mild to life-changing symptoms; neurological complications are relatively uncommon and there are few therapeutic interventions for monkeypox disease.

Micro-balloon-assisted embolization of anterior cranial fossa dural arteriovenous fistula via a trans-ophthalmic approach - a technical report and case series.

Purpose: Dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVF) account for approximately 10-15% of all intracranial arteriovenous abnormalities. dAVFs carry a significant risk of mortality, particularly in cases of acute hemorrhage, of up to 10%. A small proportion of these dAVFs are found in the anterior cranial fossa (ACF), of which the rate of hemorrhage can be as high as up to 91%.

Transarterial CT angiography for surgical planning of spinal dural arteriovenous fistula.

Objective: We report a novel method to provide excellent anatomical depiction of a dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) for surgical planning.

Methods: A 78-year-old female presented with progressive back pain, deteriorating mobility and urinary incontinence with a background of obesity and severe osteoarthritis. Initial MRI suspected dAVF and subsequent spinal angiography encountered an extremely tortuous and arteriosclerotic aorta, hence catheterisation of the segmental-intercostal and lumbar vessels proved challenging.

Mechanical thrombectomy for acute stroke in pregnancy.

Several recent randomised control trials have shown adjunctive endovascular mechanical thrombectomy to be an effective and safe treatment for acute stroke superior to medical therapy alone. Despite this, questions remain over certain groups of patients that have been excluded from these studies, such as pregnant women. We believe this is a topic of increasing clinical significance with minimal data in the literature.

Findings on serial MRI in a childhood case of L2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria.

We report of a 15-year-old patient who initially presented to the specialist children's hospital with neurologic problems including developmental delay, behavioral difficulty and poor cognition. Upon organic acid testing, the patient received a diagnosis of L2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (L2HGA). Serial MRI scans were performed throughout the patients childhood, demonstrating an evolution of imaging features as the disease progressed.

A primer in interpretation of head CT scans.

Over recent years with the development of increasingly efficient scanners, the computed tomography (CT) scan of the head has become one of the most commonly requested initial investigations, used to provide an overview of the brain and its surrounding structures. In particular, the CT head scan has become significant in the trauma setting. With short scanning time, an investigation to confirm or exclude intracranial haemorrhage, skull fracture or stroke can now be performed in a matter of seconds.

A rare case of splenobronchial fistula formation post-embolisation therapy following acute blunt trauma.

We present the case of a 26-year-old male who was referred to the Emergency department with frank haemoptysis, fever and abdominal pain. He had suffered from an acute splenic rupture secondary to blunt abdominal trauma 3 weeks previously, when he was treated with transfemoral embolisation therapy. On this previous admission his splenic injury was initially not detected owing to CT scanning technique focussed on imaging the thorax rather than the abdomen.