Aaron Rutman, MD
Neuroradiologist, @kpwashington, @UWRadiology, UW SOM #neuroanatomy instructor; photography, guitar, baseball, dad of 3 #neurorad
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HYPOTHALAMUS (HT)🧵-the control center of circadian rhythm, fatigue/wakefulness, hunger/satiety, sex drive, thirst/BP—and the command post for endocrine control via the HT-pituitary...
Pterygopalatine fossa🧵- inspired by ?s from med students in neuroanatomy lab & a resident w/ case of perineural tumor spread on same day! #meded #FOAMrad #medtwitter #medstudents #...
A reminder to all #radres on their first #neurorad rotation: in the #brain, FORM & FUNCTION are intimately tied—knowing your functional #neuroanatomy means knowing where to pay ext...
Hey #radres and #MEDstudents - a #neurorad case for you today. 18yoF w/ seizure. What do you see? What is the ddx? And WHERE is the lesion? Case explanation and gyral #neuroanatomy...
Neuroanatomy TOTD #15🧵 The inner ear #tweetorial--it packs a large functional punch for its small size-strap in! #meded #FOAMed #FOAMrad #medtwitter #medstudents #radiology #neuro...
Neuroanatomy TOTD #14🧵 Got some requests to do one of the trickiest areas of human anatomy, the #temporalbone. So many named structures! #meded #FOAMed #FOAMrad #medtwitter #medst...
#NeuroanatomyTOTD #13🧵 Image1: hemosiderin due to old hemorrhage in the L pontine tegmentum. Image2: ipsilateral hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD) 1/13 #meded #FOAMed #FO...
Neuroanatomy TOTD #12 The green structure is the amygdala (amygdaloid body) and the yellow structure is the stria terminalis (ST). 1/18 #meded #FOAMed #FOAMrad #medtwitter #med...
Neuroanatomy TOTD #11🧵 ➡️intracanalicular facial nerve. IAC cross section➡️4 nerves; ant-sup➡️facial, ant-inf➡️cochlear (7-up/coke-down). Post nerves➡️sup&inf vestibular #medtwitte...
Neuroanatomy TOTD #10🧵 1/5 Small gray matter structure at the junction of the thalamus and midbrain is the subthalamic nucleus (STN). #meded #FOAMed #FOAMrad #medtwitter #medstu...
Neuroanatomy TOTD #8🧵 1/8 MRI shows the hippocampal formation; the hippocampus(HC) is a ridge of archicortex gray matter at floor of lat ventricle, in the med temp lobe #FOAMed #FO...
Neuroanatomy TOTD #7🧵 1/7 The cavernous sinuses (CS) are outlined on either side of the sella. The ICA & cranial nerves 3,4,6,V1,V2 travel through the CS. #meded #FOAMed #FOAMra...