2024
Toxic and Metabolic Diseases of the CNS
Subramanian H, Mahajan A. Toxic and Metabolic Diseases of the CNS. What Radiology Residents Need To Know 2024, 231-244. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55124-6_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCentral nervous systemMetabolic disordersBrain parenchymal involvementPredominant site of involvementSite of involvementNonspecific imaging appearancesDeep white matterParenchymal involvementDifferential diagnosisSpinal cordSevere casesImaging appearanceCerebral cortexCorpus callosumWhite matterMetabolic diseasesNervous systemPredominant siteToxic etiologyBasal gangliaSevere disordersDiagnosisDisordersImage patternsImage features
2016
Melanoma Brain Metastasis Pseudoprogression after Pembrolizumab Treatment
Cohen JV, Alomari AK, Vortmeyer AO, Jilaveanu LB, Goldberg SB, Mahajan A, Chiang VL, Kluger HM. Melanoma Brain Metastasis Pseudoprogression after Pembrolizumab Treatment. Cancer Immunology Research 2016, 4: 179-182. PMID: 26701266, PMCID: PMC4881844, DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-15-0160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemBrain metastasesActive brain lesionsNew immunomodulating agentsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsRole of immunotherapyPembrolizumab treatmentCheckpoint inhibitorsCNS lesionsReactive astrocytosisImmune suppressionPerilesional edemaInflammatory cellsMicroglial cellsImmunomodulating agentMental statusBrain lesionsHistologic evaluationMost trialsNervous systemCentral enhancementTumor cellsPatientsMetastasisLesions