Radiologie (Heidelb)
September 2024
Background: Proximal carotid tandem lesions are defined as multilevel lesions with significant (> 50%) atherosclerotic disease involving the internal carotid artery (ICA) in combination with the proximal ipsilateral common carotid artery (CCA) or innominate artery (IA). It is a relatively rare disease with an incidence of less than 5% in all patients with carotid stenosis at the level of the bifurcation.
Methods: These patients are at high surgical risk and were, therefore, excluded from current randomized controlled trials.
Background: Carotid artery stenting has been used effectively to treat internal carotid artery stenosis since 1989 (Mathias et al. in World J Surg. 25(3):328-34, 2001), with refined and expanded techniques and tools presently delivering outstanding results in percutaneous endoluminal treatment of carotid artery stenosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOper Neurosurg (Hagerstown)
December 2023
Background And Objectives: The digital subtraction angiography is still the gold standard in the follow-up after aneurysm surgery, although it remains a repeating invasive technique with accumulating X-ray exposure. An alternative magnetic resonance angiography has the disadvantage of metal-related artifacts. A metal-free aneurysm clip could overcome this problem.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Extracranial internal carotid aneurysms consist a rare pathology with an overall incidence less than 1% in the general population, and warrant treatment due to their association with cerebrovascular events and neurological complications. The incidence is even lower in the pediatric population.
Case Report: A 14-month infant presented in our clinic with neck swelling of unknown origin, with subsequent MR imaging revealing an extracranial internal carotid aneurysm.
Purpose: This prospective cross-sectional study investigated the influence of regular cannabis use on brain metabolism in young cannabis users by using combined proton and phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Methods: The study was performed in 45 young cannabis users aged 18-30, who had been using cannabis on a regular basis over a period of at least 2 years and in 47 age-matched controls. We acquired 31P MRS data in different brain regions at 3T with a double-resonant 1H/31P head coil, anatomic images, and 1H MRS data with a standard 20-channel 1H head coil.
Background And Purpose: The results of the preclinical study of a novel polymer coil in treatment of elastase induced aneurysms will be presented in this paper.
Material And Methods: We induced 16 aneurysms in 16 New Zealand white rabbits at the origin of the right common carotid artery at the brachiocephalic trunk. Newly developed polymer coils in both groups for six aneurysms each and platinum coils for two aneurysms each were used.
Radiologie (Heidelb)
August 2023
Problem: There is a risk of developing secondary central nervous system (CNS) tumors after cranial radiation therapy. Meningiomas and pituitary tumors are also increasingly treated with radiation therapy, which means that the risk of secondary tumors from radiation in children and adults must be communicated.
Methods: Studies in children show that radiation causes a 7- to 10-fold increase in subsequent CNS tumors with a cumulative incidence over 20 years ranging from 1.
Acute bilateral vision loss (ABVL) is a rare and challenging diagnostic issue that is most often caused by a neurological disorder. Since it can be the presenting symptom of potentially life-threatening diseases, priority should be given to excluding such diagnoses. Special caution is required if ABVL symptoms result after an intracranial intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFlow diverter stents (FDS) are well established in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms which are difficult to treat with conventional endovascular techniques. However, they carry a relatively high risk of specific complications compared to conventional stents. A minor but frequent finding is the occurrence of reversible in-stent-stenosis (ISS) that tend to resolve spontaneously over time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSensorimotor dysfunction has been previously reported in persons with cannabis dependence. Such individuals can exhibit increased levels of neurological soft signs (NSS), particularly involving motor coordination, sensorimotor integration and complex motor task performance. Abnormal NSS levels can also be detected in non-dependent individuals with heavy cannabis use (HCU), yet very little is known about the functional correlates underlying such deficits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Treatment of aneurysms at the origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) is challenging. Surgery is difficult due to the deep location and proximity to cranial nerves and endovascular treatment is complicated due to the often tortuous anatomy of the PICA and its small diameter. The purpose of this study is to report our experience with the endovascular treatment of aneurysms at the origin of the PICA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiologie (Heidelb)
February 2023
Clinical/methodological Issue: The neurovascular conference is a discussion platform for the fields of neurology, neurosurgery, vascular surgery and neuroradiology.
Methodological Innovations: Interdisciplinary exchange allows creation of individual treatment concepts for elective patients with neurovascular diseases regarding further measures for prevention, treatment and aftercare.
Achievements: Establishment of individual treatment concepts for patients with neurovascular diseases regarding treatment recommendations based on current guidelines, scientific evidence and treatment standards based on them.
Objective: The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device (MicroVention, Tustin, CA) has extended the treatment of cerebral aneurysms. Despite the fact that the WEB device has shown promising clinical results, little is known about the caused intra-aneurysmal flow alterations. Here we present our clinical experience with the WEB, including examining various syngo iFlow (Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany) parameters to predict aneurysm occlusion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDue to high survival rates, long-term sequelae, especially neurotoxicity, need to be considered in childhood acute leukemias. In this retrospective analysis of morphologic changes of the brain in children treated for acute leukemias, we included 94 patients (77 ALL, 17 AML; 51 male, 43 female; median age: 5 years) from a single center. We analyzed 170 cranial MRI scans (T2, FLAIR axial) for morphologic alterations of the brain and variations of the ventricular width (GDAH).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCarotid body paragangliomas (CBPs) clinically present as highly vascularized cervical masses with a pathognomonic localization at the carotid artery bifurcation. Following ultrasonography and MRI/CT imaging, surgical resection with optional preoperative embolization is considered as the treatment of choice in most cases. We herein present the case of a 60-year-old female with characteristic clinical signs and imaging findings of a right-sided CBP who finally went to surgical treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCervical disc arthroplasty is an established procedure, but studies with data on long-term clinical outcome, reoperation for symptomatic adjacent segment degeneration (sASD), and degenerative changes based on MRI findings are rare. Thus, a file review was performed and patients with complete documentation of neurological status at preoperative, postoperative, 12 month, 3-4 years follow-up including surgical reports for reoperation with a minimum follow-up of 9 years were included. Final follow-up assessment included a physical examination, assessment of pain levels, Odoms criteria, Neck disability index.
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August 2022
The treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) represents a challenge due to high recurrence rates (2-37%). One possible treatment option is middle meningeal artery (MMA) embolization as an alternative to surgery. In contrast to acute SDH, which is caused by a rupture of the bridging veins, cSDH has a different pathomechanism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Cavernous sinus dural arterio-venous malformations (dAVF) represent a pathologic connection between branches of the internal and/or external carotid artery and the cavernous sinus. Standard endovascular approaches for dAVF treatment are transvenous embolization through the inferior petrosal sinus or the facial vein and transarterial embolization. These approaches are not always successful or feasible, and alternative techniques are required.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The introduction of flow diverters (FDs) in 2007 greatly enhanced the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. Here, we present our long-term clinical experience in treating unruptured intracranial aneurysms with FDs.
Methods: 107 patients with unruptured aneurysms and treated with an FD between 2010 and 2019 were retrospectively reviewed.
Background: To improve the efficient use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in routine clinical practice, an expert panel has revised the guidelines for its use in the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS).
Objectives: The revised guidelines now take into account new developments and relevant advances in knowledge, such as the ongoing debate about safety related to intravenous gadolinium-based contrast agents. The value of spinal cord MRI for diagnostic, prognostic, and surveillance purposes has been re-evaluated.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol
February 2022
Purpose: Due to thromboembolic complications and in-stent-stenosis after flow diverter (FD) treatment, the long-term use of dual antiplatelet treatment (DAPT) is mandatory. The tested nano-coating has been shown to reduce material thrombogenicity and promote endothelial cell proliferation in vitro. We compared the biocompatibility of coated (Derivo Heal) and non-coated (Derivo bare) FDs with DAPT in an animal model.
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