Neuroradiology — Flashcards

_____ or antral sign is the anterior bowing of the maxillary wall due to the presence of a mass in the pterygomaxillary space on a CT scan.

_____ view is preferred to aid the diagnosis of acoustic neuroma and apical petrositis

_____ is an MRI based neuroimaging which makes it possible to estimate the location, orientation and anisotropy of the brains white matter tracts

Hint: imaging

Ischemic strokes may be visualized on _____ after 3 - 30 minutes

An elevated _____ peak on magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy is diagnostic of Canavan disease.

Involvement of the _____ cranial nerve in acoustic neuroma indicates that the tumor is roughly 2.5 cm in diameter and occupies the cerebellopontine angle.

The _____ sign is characteristic of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis

Imaging of _____ (CNS tumor) reveal a cystic lesion with a mural nodule

Thickening of the optic nerve/sheath complex with a '_____' appearance is seen in optic nerve sheath meningioma

_____ view (or occipitofrontal view) is a radiographic view of the skull where the central ray is angled 20° caudad to the orbitomeatal line.