MRI of the Brain II

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Summary: Great little neuro case book
Review: This (and the MRI of the Brain I of the same series) are the best neuro case books I've found. Although more expensive the the Case Review series associated with the Requisites (which is a GREAT neuro-rads book for the resident), I like the format better. Each case in this book is given several photos, so you can see it on multiple sequences (you get more photos than with the other series). This allows you to practice describing what you see (e.g. "a heterogenous signal on T2 in the basal ganglia, with no contrast enhancement on the post-gads"). Then, there is a separate section describing what's on the images, so you can compare with your impression. Then, you can go onto the next section where you discuss the differential, what the most likely dx is, etc. The quality of the paper (and hence the photos) is excellent, and the discussions are thorough. There are a few "tough" cases, and a few "easy" cases, but by and large this very good, high-yield stuff. And, there are articles/references with each case, in case you want to do more reading. I think this is the most painless, high-yield way to review neuro-rads.