Lea Alhilali, MD

1/Talk about dangerous liaisons! Abnormal brain vascular connections like a dural arteriovenous fistula (dural AVF) can be dangerous! This month’s @theAJNR SCANtastic thread is h...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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1/Time to FESS up! Do you understand functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS)? If you read sinus CTs, you better know what the surgeon is doing or you won’t know what you’re doi...

Lea Alhilali, MD

@teachplaygrub

1/Having trouble remembering how to differentiate dementias on imaging? Is looking at dementia PET scans one of your PET peeves? Here’s a thread to show you how to remember the i...

Lea Alhilali, MD

@teachplaygrub

1/Ready for a throw down? MMA fights get a lot of attention, but MMA (middle meningeal art) & dural blood supply doesn’t get the attention it deserves. A thread on dural vascula...

Lea Alhilali, MD

@teachplaygrub

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

@teachplaygrub

1/Time to rupture all your misconceptions about aneurysms! When you see an aneurysm on imaging, do you know if it’s at high risk of rupture? This month’s @theAJNR SCANtastic show...

Lea Alhilali, MD

@teachplaygrub

1/Time is brain! But what time is it? If you don’t know the time of stroke onset, are you able to deduce it from imaging? Here’s a thread to help you date a stroke on MRI! https:...

Lea Alhilali, MD

@teachplaygrub

1/Do radiologists sound like they are speaking a different language when they talk about MRI? T1 shortening what? T2 prolongation who? Here’s a translation w/an introductory thr...

Lea Alhilali, MD

@teachplaygrub

1/Having trouble remembering what you should look for in vascular dementia on imaging? Almost everyone worked up for dementia has infarcts. Which ones are important? Here’s a thr...

Lea Alhilali, MD

@teachplaygrub

1/Have MULTIPLE questions about the new criteria for MULTIPLE sclerosis? ECTRIMS 2024 just came out w/proposed new changes to the McDonald criteria for multiple sclerosis. The ch...

Lea Alhilali, MD

@teachplaygrub

1/Having trouble remembering what to look for on scans for Alzheimer’s dementia? Want the key findings to stay in your memory? In honor of recent Alzheimer’s day, here's an easy...

Lea Alhilali, MD

@teachplaygrub

1/“Tell me where it hurts.” How back pain radiates can tell you where the lesion is—if you know where to look! Do YOU know where to look? Here’s how to remember the lumbar radic...

Lea Alhilali, MD

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