Hirayama Disease
Hirayama disease (juvenile muscular atrophy of distal upper extremity) is a cervical myelopathy. Predominantly affecting male adolescents, it is characterized by progressive muscular weakness and atrophy of distal upper limbs,…
Neurobrucellosis
Brucellosis is a multisystem infection with a broad spectrum of clinical presentations. Its nervous system involvement is known as neurobrucellosis. Neurobrucellosis (NB) has neither a typical clinical picture nor specific…
Neuroimaging in Epilepsy in Tropics
Epilepsy is a major public health problem in many tropical countries. Also, some of the tropical diseases are major contributors to the higher prevalence of epilepsy in these countries. The…
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections in Tropics
Fungal infections of the central nervous system range from chronic indolent forms to acute fulminant forms causing significant morbidity and mortality. They often show atypical and variable neuroradiologic findings because…
Pathology of Tropical Diseases
Tropical diseases affecting the central nervous system include infections, infestations, and nutritional deficiency disorders. This article discusses the commonly encountered diseases. The infections include bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral…
Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis is frequently encountered in tropical countries. Imaging plays an important role in its recognition and in its differentiation from other similar conditions. Specific magnetic resonance…
Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System
Viral infections of the central nervous system in the tropical countries of Asia and the Indian subcontinent are different from those of the Western and developed world. Many of the…
World is Flat: Globalization of Tropical Disease
Suresh K. Mukherji, MD, Consulting Editor I agree with Thomas Friedman that the “The world is flat!!” What were once viewed as exotic diseases isolated to distant parts of the…
Structural Neuroimaging in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
The role of structural neuroimaging in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is becoming increasingly important. As a consequence, a basic understanding of what are normal brain changes in aging…
The Clinical Value of Large Neuroimaging Data Sets in Alzheimer’s Disease
Rapid advances in neuroimaging and cyberinfrastructure technologies have brought explosive growth in the Web-based warehousing, availability, and accessibility of imaging data on a variety of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders and…
