neuro pathology

The Department of Pathology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has formatted many pathology cases for online viewing. The case database is growing constantly, with several members of the department and residents contributing cases on a regular basis. These cases fall into several categories and reflect the broad scope of our department's clinical and diagnostic expertise.

This laboratory exercise includes 122 gross and microscopic neuropathological specimens that are correlated with 82 CT or MR images. Each of these images is accompanied by a description, and the neuroimages also include a clinical vignette. Diseases covered includes: Vascular Diseases, Edema and Herniation, Neoplasms, Demyelinating Disorders, Infectious Diseases, Cranio-Spinal Trauma, Toxic and Metabolic Disorders, Developmental Disorders and Degenerative Disorders.

This note covers the following topics: General and Special Pathology, Neuropathology and Neuroimaging, Neuroimaging Cases, Neuroimaging Basics and Neuro Image Bank.

This note covers the following topics: Medical Aspects/Prevention: Types of Strokes, Medical Aspects: Neurophysiological Changes, Medical Aspects: The Stroke-Prone Profile, Medical Aspects: The Blood Supply, Aphasia: Concomitant Characteristics, Aphasia: Major Syndromes, Specific Syndromes (the Nonfluent Aphasias, the Fluent Aphasias), Aphasia: Diagnosis and Therapy, Traumatic Brain Injury: Effects of Closed Head Injury, Closed Head Injury: Recovery and Remediation, Right Hemisphere Involvement: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Evaluation and Therapy.

This Essay has been undertaken with the intention of affording a more easy method, and encreased facilities, for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease. The present Essay is also intended to draw the minds of Practitioners to the necessity of observing a true Physiological distinction between the Phenomena of the Nervous and Circulatory Systems.

This book explains the following topics: Cellular Neuropathology, Cerebral Edema, Intracranial Shifts and Herniations, Cerebrovascular Diseases, Infectious Diseases of Central Nervous System, Neuro-Radiology, Degenerative Diseases and Dementia, Metabolic Diseases, Developmental Disorders, Brain Tumors, Seizures and Epilepsy, Diseases of Myelin, Neuromuscular Diseases, Ophthalmology and Trauma.