MRI Online’s most recent addition to the course catalogue is MRI Mastery Series: Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Lesions (IDEM). In Dr. Yousem’s second part of the spinal lesions series, he dives into one of his favorite topics because, in general, it deals with benign entities.

Some of the topics included in this week’s course include:

• Schwannomas
• Neurofibromatosis Type 1 & 2
• Meningiomas
• Hemangioblastomas
• Lipoma
• Dural Ectasia
• And many more…

Objectives : 

After completing this course, you will be better able to:

•       Apply appropriate search patterns to ensure high quality case assessment
•       Identify key anatomical landmarks, variations, and abnormalities on imaging
•       Accurately interpret advanced imaging cases
•       Formulate definitive diagnoses and limited differentials

Topics: 

Introduction to IDEM, Anatomy, & Protocols
Standard Pulsing Sequences for Spinal Lesions
Cystic Lumbar Schwannoma, IDEM
Solid Schwannoma, with Differential
Neurofibromatosis Type 1- NF1
Intradural Extramedullary Processes (IDEM) – Summary
Schwannoma- Summary
Neurofibromatosis Type 2- Summary
Nuerofibromatosis Type 1- Summary
Cervical Meningioma- Summary
Thoracic Meningioma- Summary
Calcified Meningioma
Cervical Spine Meningioma
Anterior Cervical Meningioma
Spinal Hemangioblastoma- Summary
Von Hipple Lindau, IDEM Hemangioblastomas
Ependymoma- Summary
Paraganglioma- Summary
Intradural Metastasis- Summary
Subarachnoid Seeding from Medulloblastoma
Subarachnoid Seeding in Breast Cancer Patient
Lymphoma- Summary
Congenital/Developmental Lesions, Cysts- Summary
Neuroenteric Cyst- Summary
Trans Dural Herniation of Spinal Cord
Acquired Arachnoid Cyst
Trans Dural Herniation of Spinal Cord (TDH)- Summary
Lipoma- Summary
Lumbar Lipoma
Anterior Lipoma
Lipoma vs. Fatty Infiltration of the Filum
Dural Ectasia- Summary
Dural Ectasia
Vascular & Dural AVF Type I – Summary
Type I, Normal Variation vs. Dural AVF
Dural Arteriorvenous Fistula (AVF) Type II, III, IV- Summary
Infection- Summary
Guillian Barre Syndrome
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIPD) – Summary
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
Indradural Extramedullary Processes- Conclusion