A 32-year-old man presents with the chief complaint of a "brain lesion." He is a fitness buff and lifts weights at a gym at least 4 days a week. Approximately 1 month ago, he developed a generalized ...

Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs), with a median survival of 9 months, represent the biggest therapeutic challenge in pediatric neuro-oncology. Despite many clinical trials, no major ...

Your brainstem is the central apparatus of your entire nervous system. One portion of your brainstem is called the pons. The pons links your brain to your spinal cord. Your pons handles all of your ...

New research has identified a small region of the brain that, when injured, may be associated with coma. After examining brainstem lesions from 36 patients, investigators found a significant link ...

A 57 year-old woman with diabetes developed a right sided hemiparesis. There was no aphasia. Pontine Infarction: (Left) T2 weighted-axial MRI; (Right) Diffusion-weighted MRI. Note the bright signal in ...