Schwannomatosis: a genetic and epidemiological study

DG Evans, NL Bowers, S Tobi, C Hartley… - Journal of Neurology …, 2018 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objectives Schwannomatosis is a dominantly inherited condition predisposing to
schwannomas of mainly spinal and peripheral nerves with some diagnostic overlap with …

The role of MR angiography in the pretreatment assessment of intracranial aneurysms: a comparative study

WM Adams, RD Laitt, A Jackson - American Journal of …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: With developments in coil technology, intracranial
aneurysms are being treated increasingly by the endovascular route. Endovascular …

Incidence of mosaicism in 1055 de novo NF2 cases: much higher than previous estimates with high utility of next-generation sequencing

DG Evans, CL Hartley, PT Smith, AT King… - Genetics in …, 2020 - nature.com
Purpose To evaluate the incidence of mosaicism in de novo neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2).
Methods Patients fulfilling NF2 criteria, but with no known affected family member from a …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying the deficiencies of current diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis 2 using databases of 2777 individuals with molecular testing

DG Evans, AT King, NL Bowers, S Tobi, AJ Wallace… - Genetics in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose We have evaluated deficiencies in existing diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis
2 (NF2). Methods Two large databases of individuals fulfilling NF2 criteria (n= 1361) and …

Optic neuritis: MR imaging with combined fat-and water-suppression techniques.

A Jackson, S Sheppard, RD Laitt, A Kassner… - Radiology, 1998 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To examine the benefits of combined fat-and water-suppressed T2-weighted
magnetic resonance (MR) images in the diagnosis of optic neuritis. MATERIALS AND …

Disease course of neurofibromatosis type 2: a 30-year follow-up study of 353 patients seen at a single institution

C Forde, AT King, SA Rutherford… - Neuro …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Limited data exist on the disease course of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) to
guide clinical trial design. Methods A prospective database of patients meeting NF2 …

Radiation treatment of benign tumors in NF2-related-schwannomatosis: a national study of 266 irradiated patients showing a significant increase in malignancy …

DG Evans, D Halliday, R Obholzer… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Radiation treatment of benign tumors in tumor predisposition syndromes is
controversial, but short-term studies from treatment centers suggest safety despite apparent …

Intracanalicular optic nerve meningioma: a serious diagnostic pitfall

A Jackson, T Patankar, RD Laitt - American journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
We describe six cases of cannalicular optic nerve meningioma in which the diagnosis was
missed for more than 1 year after the onset of symptoms. Clinical features led to a …

[HTML][HTML] Intraoperative diagnosis of facial schwannomas: a multicenter summation of clinical experience, preoperative avoidance, and intraoperative management …

D Lewis, CJ Hannan, AR Plitt, LR Snyder… - Journal of …, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Preoperative differentiation of facial nerve schwannoma (FNS) from vestibular
schwannoma (VS) can be challenging, and failure to differentiate between these two …

Memory dysfunction in multiple sclerosis corresponds to juxtacortical lesion load on fast fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery MR images

DM Moriarty, AJ Blackshaw, PR Talbot… - American journal …, 1999 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MR imaging is a sensitive diagnostic tool and paraclinical
marker of disease activity and prognosis in multiple sclerosis (MS), yet the role of MR …