Beyond Pattern Recognition: Radiology-Pathology-Clinical Correlation

Kum Thong Wong; Chong Tin Tan; Tchoyoson Lim

doi:10.1016/j.nic.2022.07.018

Beyond Pattern Recognition: Radiology-Pathology-Clinical Correlation

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2023 Feb;33(1):225-233. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2022.07.018.

Authors

Kum Thong Wong¹, Chong Tin Tan², Tchoyoson Lim³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore. Electronic address: tchoyoson@gmail.com.

PMID: 36404045
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2022.07.018

Abstract

Radiology-pathology correlation is essential for multidisciplinary collaboration in diagnosis and understanding the mechanism of CNS damage in infectious processes. The microscopic acute inflammatory processes are well established and are supplemented by a variety of less-invasive microbial and immunohistochemical investigations. Understanding the pathogenesis of pathogen spread and neuroinvasion, vascular and immune-mediated brain, and spinal cord damage are essential for interpreting radiological images.

Keywords: Central nervous system; Immune-mediated; Infection; Inflammation; Neurotropism; Pathogenesis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Inflammation
Radiology*