Imaging of White Matter Diseases – What Radiologists need to know!

2 Comments / Videos / By Dr. Amar Udare, MD / June 3, 2020

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Alexanders disease Radiology — Alexanders disease MRI

Topics covered:

Normal myelination.
Hypoxic Ishemic Encephalopathy.
Dysmelinating and demyelinating disorders.
Approach to dysmyelinating disorders depending on
- Involvement of grey matter / white matter or both
- Central/ Peripheral involvement.
- Enhancement pattern
- Symmetrical involvement.
- Head size.
- Systemic involvement.
Important disorders are covered with typical imaging findings.
Check out the Atlas of normal myelination in neonates on our anatomy page.
Go through this excellent Imaging flowchart from the AJR article titled here.

Click here to to read an excellent presentation on Normal Myelination by Fang Yu 1 M.D., Michael Wang 1 M.D., Kiran Sargar 2 M.D., Yutaka Sato 3 M.D., Achint K. Singh 1 M.D. 1: University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.

Resources:

Source and credits

ARRS Complimentary Lecture series

About The Author

Dr. Amar Udare, MD

Dr. Amar Udare (MBBS, MD) is an accomplished radiologist with over 10 years of experience in the field. He is a Clinical Associate Professor in Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) at the University of Calgary and is board-certified in radiology. Dr. Udare completed his medical degree from KEM Hospital Mumbai, followed by a radiology residency from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He has also completed fellowships in body imaging from various institutions, including Mumbai, University of Ottawa, and McMaster University. Dr. Udare has a passion for teaching and sharing his knowledge with others. He is particularly interested in body imaging and has started the website RadioGyan to provide radiology resources and cases to help residents and radiologists. His efforts have not gone unnoticed, as he was a semi-finalist for the 2018 and 2020 Aunt-Minnie Most Effective Radiology Educator Award. You can read his most recent peer-reviewed research publications on PubMed and Google Scholar

2 thoughts on “Imaging of White Matter Diseases – What Radiologists need to know!”

Tarun dharme
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White matter diseases lecture is excellent

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1. Dr. Amar Udare, MD
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  Glad you liked it Tarun.
  We share more webinars over telegram: https://t.me/radiogyan
  
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