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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Clinical Features ... Paresthesias: Hands ... Diagnosis: • ... axonal form • MRI ... management #treatment #neurology
MRI Brain Sequence Comparison: T1 vs T2 vs FLAIR
T1:
 - CSF is Dark
 - Grey Matter
MRI Brain Sequence ... T1 #T2 #FLAIR #MRI ... Brain #Comparison #clinical ... #radiology #diagnosis ... #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... demyelinating or axonal • MRI ... - Spinal MRI may ... specific therapy, the clinician ... #management #neurology
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
a patient who had ... The diagnosis based ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #SeptalThickening ... #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... context, and consider ... POCUS) to CT or MRI ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR
Increased Anterior Posterior Diameter: Barrel chested appearance resulting from air trapping
that sometimes occurs with advanced COPD.
Posterior Diameter: Barrel ... Images #Barrel ... #Chested #Chest ... XRay #APDiameter #CXR ... #Radiology #Photo
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
Diagnosis was made ... by radiology, which ... • Dec NAA, inc Cho ... #MRI #Clinical ... #Radiology
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... practice many chest ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
film and can suggest ... the diagnosis in ... the proper clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Chilaiditi Sign on Chest X-Ray
Anterior interposition of the colon between the hemidiaphragm and the liver.
Chilaiditi sign
Chilaiditi Sign on Chest ... hemidiaphragm and ... thus important to diagnose ... #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #radiology