SMART syndrome: management

Evidence-based neurology checklist on smart syndrome: management: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: cortical thickening These are focal or regional They appear as <5 mm hypodensities on susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) They are usually in the temporal, parietal, or occipital lobes They…

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: cortical thickening

  • These are focal or regional
  • They appear as <5 mm hypodensities on susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI)
  • They are usually in the temporal, parietal, or occipital lobes
  • They spare the white matter
  • They demonstrate linear gadolinium enhancement

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: other features

Electroencephalogram (EEG): features

Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS): features

CT perfusion

Acute treatment

Prophylactic treatments

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References

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