Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
MED/37 (NEURORADIOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS
Course
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (27/02/2023 - 26/05/2023)
Lesson hours
8 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Having taken the exams of physiology and general pathology
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student:
Must know:
1) the tools and radiological methods of investigation of the nervous system;
2) the radiological anatomy of the central and peripheral nervous system;
3) the main radiological pictures of the nervous system in normal and pathological conditions;
4) the main radiological pictures of the emergency / urgency of interventional and neurosurgical interest.
It must include:
1) the regulations of use and the contraindications to the use of conventional techniques and procedures;
2) the specifications, limits and advantages of radiological investigation techniques;
3) the use of radiological tools and investigation methodologies to be adopted based on the specific clinical question;
4) clinical and radiological indications for interventional and neurosurgical procedures.
Course contents
Radiological equipment: types and operating characteristics of the radiological equipment used in neuroradiological diagnostics and intervention, with particular attention to the use of CT and MRI both in the acute phase and in the follow-up.
Investigation techniques to be used in the diagnosis of the main pathologies of the brain and spinal cord such as:
- acute and stabilized cerebrovascular diseases
- infectious-inflammatory diseases
- brain tumors
- spinal tumors
- brain aging and cognitive impairment
- degenerative pathologies of the brain
- cranio-spinal trauma
- epilepsy
- pathologies of the pituitary gland
- degenerative pathologies of the spine
Teaching methods
Frontal teaching
Reccomended or required readings
TESTI PRINCIPALI
- LEZIONI DI NEURORADIOLOGIA di L. Bozzao et al. Soc. Editrice Esculapio, 2014
- NEURORADIOLOGIA Testo Atlante di S. Bastianello et al. CIC Edizioni Internazionali, 2009
- Slides in PDF of the teacher lessons
Suggested books for a deeper knowledge:
- MANUALE DI NEURORADIOLOGIA di M. Gallucci, S. Cirillo, C. Andreula. poletto Ed. 2016
- Osborn's brain 2nd edition. Elsevier, 2017
Assessment methods
Oral exam
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