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25 Cards in this Set
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Intracerebral Hemorrhage
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Trauma
Infarction Primary Neoplasm/Mets Hypertension (basal ganglia, cerebellum, brainstem) Amyloid Angiopathy (elderly) Aneurysm AVM Vasculitis Dural Sinus Thrombosis Bleeding Diatheses Cavernous Hemangioma |
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Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lesion
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IM ASHAMED
Inflammation - MS/sarcoid/myelitis/radiation Infarct Meduloblastoma Astrocytoma Syringomyelia/hydromyelia Hematoma/Heamgioblastoma AVM Met Ependymoma Dermoid |
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Extramedullary/ Intradural Spinal Cord Mass
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Schwannoma/Neurofibroma
Meningioma Myxopapillary Ependymoma (CAUDA EQUINA) Drop Mets (Medulloblastoma, Glioma) Mets (Breast, Lung) Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Dural AVM Hematoma Dermoid (CAUDA EQUINA, post L.P.) |
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Extradural Spinal Mass
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Epidural (Abscess, Hematoma, Lipomatosis)
Herniated Disk, Free Disk Fragment Synovial Cyst Lymphoma Veretebral Body (Osteophyte, Hemangioma, Metastases, Other Tumors) OPLL/ OLF |
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Enhancing Nerve Roots
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Radiculitis
CMV in AIDS Subarachnoid Tumor |
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CNS Tumors that Subarachnoid Seed
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Medulloblastoma (50%)
Glioblastoma Multiforme (15%) Other (Ependymoblastoma, Pineoblastoma, Oligodendroglioma, CPP, Germinoma) |
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Sellar/ Parasellar Mass
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SATCHMO
Sella Tumor (Pituitary Adenoma, Rathke Cleft Cyst) Sarcoid Aneurysm Arachnoid Cyst TB Teratoma (Germ Cell Tumor), Dermoid, Epidermoid Craniopharyngioma Hypothalmic Glioma Hamartoma of the Tuber Cinereum (Boys, Precocious Puberty, Gelastic Seizures), Histoplasmosis Meningioma Optic Glioma |
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Pituitary Stalk-Enhancing Lesions
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Sarcoidosis
EG Lymphoma Mets Glioma Germinoma |
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Ring Enhancing Lesion in the Brain
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MAGIC DR. AIDS
Metastases Abscess (Enhancement Thinnest Medially) Glioblastoma Infarct Contusion Active Demyelination Resolving Hematoma Radiation Necrosis AIDS- Lymphoma, Toxoplasmosis |
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Calcified Mass
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Oligodendroglioma (Frontal Lobes, 80-90% Calcify)
Meningioma Radiation Treated Tumor Cavernous Angioma (Hemosiderin Rim, Popcorn Calcification) Calcifiactions Without Mass (Cystercercosis, Mineralizing Angiopathy from Radiaiton, TORCH CMV central, Toxo) |
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Third Ventricular Mass
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Colloid Cyst
Craniopharyngioma Hypothalmic/Thalamic Glioma Basilar Tip Aneurysm Mets |
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Lateral Intraventricular Solid Mass
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Astrocytoma (Frontal Horn)Meningioma (> 30 yrs, Atria)
Choroid Plexus Papilloma(Atria, Children 0-5 yrs/4th Vent in Adults) Choroid Plexus Carcinoma Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma (Arises near Foramen of Munroe) Central Neurocytoma (Attached to Septum Pellucidum) Ependymoma (6-30 yrs, Body of Lateral Vents) Mets (>30 yrs) |
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Lateral Intraventricular Cystic Mass
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Cysticercosis
Ependymal (Neuroepithelial) Cyst Epidermoid |
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Cerebral Ischemia by Age
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PEDS: Meningitis, Trauma,
Congenital Heart Dz YOUNG ADULT: Dissection Drugs (methamphetamine, heroine) Cardiac Emboli Venous Thrombosis (OCP’s) ELDERLY: Amyloid, Coagulopathy, Atherosclerosis |
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Childhood Brain Tumors
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Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma (Teenager, Temporal Lobe, Cystic with a Mural Nodule)
Ganglioglioma (Benign, Cortex) Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor (Teenagers, Very Low Grade, Likes Cortex, Anterior Temporal Lobe, Cystic) Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (Aggressive, Intense Enhancement, Dense Cell Packing) Oligodendroglioma (Chunky Calcifications, Frontal Lobes) Ependymoma |
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Lesions Associated with Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
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Isolated
Dandy-Walker Syndrome Septo-Optic Dysplasia Holoprosencephaly Chiari II Schizencephaly (Usually NO Septum Pellucidum) Lipoma Encephaloceles |
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Agenesis of Corpus Callosum Findings
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Parallel Lateral Ventricles
High-Riding 3rd Ventricle Colpocephaly |
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AIDS in the Brain
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Atrophy
AIDS Encephalopathy (WM/anterior/may cross CC) PML Lymphoma Toxoplasmosis CMV (Ventriculitis, Radiculitis) Cryptococcus (Gelatinous Pseudocysts in Basal Ganglia)TB (Basilar Meningitis, Intraaxial Abscesses) Aspergillus/ Mucor (Aggressive Sinusitis - Venous Thrombosis - Intracranial Spread) |
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White Matter Disease in the Brain - DYSMYELINATING
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Adrenolekodystrophies (5-10 yrs, Posterior)
Leigh’s (< 5, Basal Ganglia and Periaqueductal Gray) Alexender’s (< 1, Anterior) Canavan’s (< 1) |
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Increased T1WI Basal Ganglia
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Dystrophic Calcifications
Hepatic Failure (ammonia) TPN (manganese) NF1 |
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Increased T2WI Basal Ganglia
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Carbon Monoxide (GP-medial)
ADEM Ischemia Wilson’s Dz Leigh’s Dz Cryptococcus (AIDS) |
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Decreased T2WI Basal Ganglia
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Iron Deposition (Hemochromatosis)
Hallervorden-Spatz Dz |
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Increased T2 Signal in the Brainstem
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Glioma
ADEM Central Pontine Myelinolysis (Spares Corticospinal Tracts) |
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Increased T2 Signal in the Temporal Lobe(s)
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Herpes Encephalitis (Medial Temporal Lobe)
Low Grade Tumor (Glioma, DNET, Ganglioglioma) Infarction Non-Hemorrhagic Contusion |
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Basilar Invagination
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PF ROACH
Paget's Fibrous Dysplasia Rickets OI Osteomalacia Achondroplasia Cleidocranial Dysplasia Hyperparathyroidism Hurler Syn |