1. Brain imaging inspired by outer space.
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Garg, Divyani, Agarwal, Ayush, Srivastava, Achal K., and Garg, Ajay
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BRAIN anatomy ,BRAIN ,ARTERIAL dissections ,FAT embolism ,INTRACRANIAL hemorrhage ,MAGNETIC resonance imaging ,TUBERCULOMA ,TERMS & phrases ,ASTRONOMY ,NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS ,MENINGIOMA ,NEURORADIOLOGY - Abstract
Medicine has many vividly named signs. We have compiled a list of radiological cerebral signs inspired by phenomena in outer space. These range from the well- known 'starry sky' appearance of neurocysticercosis or tuberculomas, to various lesser known signs including the 'starfield' pattern of fat embolism; 'sunburst' sign of meningiomas; 'eclipse' sign of neurosarcoidosis; 'comet tail' sign of cerebral metastases; 'Milky Way' sign of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; 'satellite' and 'black hole' sign of intracranial haemorrhage; 'crescent' sign of arterial dissection and 'crescent moon' sign of Hirayama disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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