Lea Alhilali, MD

1/Do you know all the aspects of, well, ASPECTS? Many know the anterior circulation stroke scoring system—but posterior circulation (pc) ASPECTS is often left behind 25% of infar...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/Your baby’s all grown up! Cerebellum may mean “little cerebrum” but its jobs are anything but little How well do YOU know cerebellar anatomy? Do you just say “cerebellar hemis...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/Veins are like defense, arteries like offense. Arteries get all the glory & attention, but you're nothing w/o veins! You should look for venous infarcts on every study--not jus...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/Do you get a Broca’s aphasia trying remember the location of Broca's area? Does trying to remember inferior frontal gyrus anatomy leave you speechless? Don't be at a loss for w...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/Keep forgetting what to look for on scans for Alzheimer’s disease? Do you just gestalt the volume loss & hope no one questions? Or hope automated software provides an answer?...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/Is remembering cerebellar anatomy making you dizzy? Need help telling your flocculus from your nodule? How much cerebellar anatomy do YOU know? Here’s some help w/an anatomy t...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/There’s nothing more CENTRAL to reading an MRI than finding the CENTRAL sulcus! How do YOU find it? Luckily it’s as easy as ABC, or rather L, M, U, T! Here’s a thread on how t...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/Reading spine studies with compression fractures is back-breaking work! Do you just say acute or chronic & move on? Do you know the key imaging findings? Or how they’re managed...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/Ready for a throw down?! Everyone knows about MMA fights... But do you know about the **ORIGINAL** MMA (middle meningeal artery)? Blood supply to the dura doesn’t get the atte...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/Do you feel there’s a back-log of findings in a spine MRI report? Everyone talks about discs & facets, but not everyone talks about the endplates. Do you? Do you need to talk...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/The medulla is anything but DULL! Does seeing an infarct in the medulla cause your heart to skip a beat? Does medullary anatomy send you into respiratory arrest? Never fear, h...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/Are all the screening CT angiograms for trauma becoming a pain in the neck? Are we over screening for arterial injury? Let the newest SCANtastic dissect it for you w/the latest...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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