A 32-year-old man presents with the chief complaint of a "brain lesion." He is a fitness buff and lifts weights at a gym at least 4 days a week. Approximately 1 month ago, he developed a generalized ...

The first step in the evaluation of a patient with neurologic symptoms is the neuroanatomic localization of the lesion. It would be interesting to know further detail about the presenting symptoms: ...

A 29 year-old woman presented with loss of coordination affecting the right arm and leg. Multiple Sclerosis (MS): (Left and Middle) Flair axial MRIs; (Right) T1-weighted with gadolinium (GAD) axial ...

Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs), with a median survival of 9 months, represent the biggest therapeutic challenge in pediatric neuro-oncology. Despite many clinical trials, no major ...

Your brainstem is the central apparatus of your entire nervous system. One portion of your brainstem is called the pons. The pons links your brain to your spinal cord. Your pons handles all of your ...

A 32-year-old female with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosed 6 years previously presents at hospital in November 2015. She reports difficulty walking, which she says has worsened ...

A 57 year-old woman with diabetes developed a right sided hemiparesis. There was no aphasia. Pontine Infarction: (Left) T2 weighted-axial MRI; (Right) Diffusion-weighted MRI. Note the bright signal in ...