Main description:

A multidisciplinary guide to managing incidental findings in neuroimaging from top experts

Incidental Findings in Neuroimaging and Their Management: A Guide for Radiologists, Neurosurgeons, and Neurologists presents a streamlined, case-based approach to 50 commonly seen incidental findings in neuroimaging. Edited by Kaye Westmark, Dong Kim, and Roy Riascos, this unique book provides the necessary knowledge to manage significant unexpected findings-from identification and analysis to efficacious interventions. With collaborative contributions from neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, neurologists, otolaryngologists, body and musculoskeletal imaging experts, endocrinologists and hematologists/oncologists, this resource encompasses a wide spectrum of incidental findings.

Organized by six sections, the book starts with normal variants that are extremely important to recognize in order to avoid unwarranted additional testing and unnecessary stress for the patient. Subsequent sections detail abnormalities that require extensive clinical evaluation in order to determine ideal management. These include incidental findings for extracranial, extra-spinal, intracranial, and intraspinal imaging. The final section outlines CT and MR imaging artifacts that are particularly concerning because they may mimic more dangerous pathologies while degrading imaging quality and obscuring real findings.

Key Features

Key findings and differential diagnosis are listed for each entity
Diagnostic decision trees present algorithms in an easy-to-understand manner
Artifact analyses explain the technical reason for each artifact and what can be done to mitigate effects
Clinical Q&As connect the radiologic diagnosis with actual case management decisions and provide in-depth background information that is applicable to management in various scenarios

This essential guide will help trainee and practicing neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, and neurologists interpret incidental spine and brain imaging findings and make clinically informed, complex treatment decisions.

This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.

Contents:

Section I Normal Variants

1. Persistent Primitive Trigeminal Artery

2. Arachnoid Granulations

3. Asymmetry of the Lateral Ventricles

4. Basal Ganglia/Dentate Nuclei Mineralization

5. Cavum Septum Pellucidum

6. Choroid Fissure Cyst

7. Empty Sella Configuration

8. High-Riding Jugular Bulb

9. Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna

10. Prominent Perivascular Space

11. Simple Pineal Cyst

Section II Intracranial Incidental Findings

12. Diffuse White Matter Hyperintensities

13. Brain Capillary Telangiectasias

14. Developmental Venous Anomaly

15. Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

16. Colloid Cyst

17. Arachnoid Cysts

18. Mega Cisterna Magna

19. Benign Enlargement of Subarachnoid Spaces

20. Pituitary Incidentaloma and Incidental Silent Macroadenoma

21. Pituitary Gland: Diffuse Enlargement

22. Incidental Glial Neoplasms

23. Incidental Meningioma

Section III Head and Neck-Associated Incidental Findings

24. Head and Neck-Related Incidental Findings

Section IV Spinal Incidental Findings

25. Os Odontoideum

26. Tarlov's Cyst

27. Approach to the Solitary Vertebral Lesion on Magnetic Resonance Imaging

28. Diffusely Abnormal Marrow Signal within the Vertebrae on MRI

29. Filum Terminale Lipoma

30. Ventriculus Terminalis

31. Prominent Central Canal

32. Low-Lying Conus

33. Incidental Solitary Sclerotic Bone Lesion

Section V Extraspinal Incidental Findings

34. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

35. Renal Mass

36. Renal Cyst

37. Thyroid Mass

38. Adrenal Mass

39. Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes

40. Incidental Pelvic Mass

Section VI Artifacts That May Obscure Pathology and Simulate Disease Entities

41. Computed Tomography Artifacts

42. MRI Patient-Related Motion Artifacts

43. Magnetic Susceptibility-Related Artifacts on MRI

44. MRI Technical and Sequence-Specific Artifacts