Neuroradiology
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Intracranial developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are considered benign vascular dispositions; they are asymptomatic in the vast majority of cases. They represent extreme variations of the venous drainage and may rarely be responsible for focal venous ischemia leading to neurological dysfunction. The aim of the study is to analyze a group of patients with symptomatic DVAs with capillary stain at angiography. ⋯ Although being normal anatomical variations, DVAs may create, because of hemodynamic unbalance, venous ischemia that induces angiogenic phenomena. MRI shows the suffering of the brain and angiography witnesses this angiogenesis under the form of capillary stain. Conventional angiography can thus provide useful information to recognize "atypical" symptomatic DVAs.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate brain metabolic changes in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) using multivoxel proton MR spectroscopy ((1)H-MVS). ⋯ Our observations of decreased NAA, NAA/Cr, and NAA/MI, in parallel with increased Cho and MI/Cr might be characteristic of aMCI patients.
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Selection of the appropriate diameter of stent is difficult in patients with the size mismatch between the internal carotid artery (ICA) and the common carotid artery (CCA). Although stent overexpansion (SOE) in the ICA after carotid artery stenting (CAS) is suspected of producing restenosis, SOE has not been well established. We discuss its incidence, predictors, and outcomes. ⋯ SOE after CAS was not associated with clinical adverse effects. This study suggests that the diameter of stent should be determined by reference to the CCA diameter without respect to the ICA diameter.