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  • Anoscopy

    Direct examination of the anal canal and lowest rectum using a short illuminated instrument.

    Tests & Examinations
  • Arterial Spin Labeling MRI

    A noninvasive MRI perfusion method that labels arterial blood magnetically.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Causes & Genetics

    What is known about the causes, familial patterns, RNF213, and associated conditions in moyamoya.

    Causes & Genetics
  • Causes & Risk Factors

    How normal hemorrhoidal cushions become symptomatic and how bowel habit, pregnancy, aging, and other factors contribute.

    Causes & Risk Factors
  • Causes & Risk Factors

    What is known about immune biology, genetic susceptibility, and environmental associations in multiple sclerosis.

    Causes & Risk Factors
  • Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome

    A postoperative state in which regional blood flow rises beyond the tissue’s ability to regulate it.

    Recovery & Follow-up
  • Cerebrovascular Reserve

    The capacity of cerebral vessels to increase blood flow when demand rises or pressure changes.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Clinically Isolated Syndrome

    A first clinical episode compatible with inflammatory demyelination that may or may not meet criteria for multiple sclerosis.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Combined Revascularization

    An operation that combines direct bypass with one or more indirect revascularization techniques.

    Treatment & Surgery
  • Conservative Treatment

    Fiber, fluids, bowel-habit changes, short-term symptom relief, and reassessment for hemorrhoids.

    Treatment & Management
  • Diagnosis & Examination

    History, inspection, digital rectal examination, anoscopy, colon evaluation, and differential diagnosis for hemorrhoids.

    Diagnosis & Examination
  • Diagnosis & Imaging

    How MRI, MRA, angiography, perfusion testing, and diagnostic criteria are used in moyamoya.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Diagnosis & MRI

    How clinical context, MRI, cerebrospinal fluid, optic nerve testing, and the McDonald criteria support an MS diagnosis.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Digital Subtraction Angiography

    An invasive catheter angiographic technique that produces high-detail images of blood vessels and blood flow.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Direct Revascularization

    Microsurgical bypass that immediately connects an extracranial donor artery to a cerebral recipient artery.

    Treatment & Surgery
  • Disease Courses

    Relapsing-remitting, secondary progressive, and primary progressive patterns in multiple sclerosis.

    Disease Course
  • Disease-Modifying Therapy

    Long-term treatment intended to reduce new inflammatory activity and future injury in multiple sclerosis.

    Treatment & Management
  • EDAS

    Encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis, an indirect revascularization procedure using a scalp artery.

    Treatment & Surgery
  • EMS and EDAMS

    Indirect revascularization techniques using temporalis muscle, with or without a scalp artery and dura.

    Treatment & Surgery
  • Goligher Classification

    Four grades describing the degree and reducibility of internal hemorrhoid prolapse.

    Anatomy & Classification
  • Headache

    Head pain considered by pattern, associated symptoms, and clinical context.

    Symptoms & Complications
  • Hemorrhoidal Artery Ligation

    Nonexcisional operation that ties arterial branches supplying internal hemorrhoids, sometimes with mucopexy.

    Treatment & Management
  • Hemorrhoidectomy

    Surgical excision of symptomatic internal, external, or combined hemorrhoidal tissue.

    Treatment & Management
  • Hemorrhoids

    A plain-English and clinical overview of hemorrhoids, symptoms, assessment, and treatment.

    Start Here
  • Indirect Revascularization

    Procedures that place vascularized tissue near the brain so new collateral vessels can develop.

    Treatment & Surgery
  • Injection Sclerotherapy

    Office treatment that injects a sclerosant into selected internal hemorrhoidal tissue.

    Treatment & Management
  • Internal and External Hemorrhoids

    Hemorrhoidal tissue above and below the dentate line, with different symptom patterns and treatment considerations.

    Anatomy & Classification
  • Intracranial Hemorrhage

    Bleeding within the skull, including the brain tissue, ventricles, or other intracranial spaces.

    Symptoms & Complications
  • Ischemic Stroke

    Brain injury caused by inadequate blood flow and oxygen.

    Symptoms & Complications
  • Living With Moyamoya

    Practical topics to discuss with a care team when living with moyamoya disease.

    Living With Moyamoya
  • Living With Multiple Sclerosis

    Practical planning for fatigue, heat, activity, work, cognition, mental health, preventive care, and follow-up in MS.

    Living With Multiple Sclerosis
  • McDonald Criteria

    Specialist diagnostic criteria that organize clinical, imaging, cerebrospinal fluid, and optic nerve evidence for multiple sclerosis.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Moyamoya Disease

    A plain-English and clinical overview of moyamoya disease, diagnosis, risks, and treatment.

    Start Here
  • Moyamoya Syndrome

    Moyamoya-pattern vasculopathy associated with another medical condition or exposure.

    Causes & Genetics
  • MRA

    Noninvasive magnetic resonance angiography of cerebral arteries.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • MRI

    Magnetic resonance imaging of brain tissue and other structural findings.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Multiple Burr Holes

    An indirect revascularization technique using several small skull openings.

    Treatment & Surgery
  • Multiple Sclerosis

    A plain-English and clinical overview of multiple sclerosis, diagnosis, disease courses, and treatment.

    Start Here
  • Multiple Sclerosis Relapse

    A new episode of inflammatory neurologic dysfunction distinguished from pseudo-relapse, progression, and emergencies.

    Relapses & Recovery
  • Office Procedures

    Rubber band ligation, sclerotherapy, infrared coagulation, selection, recurrence, pain, and complications.

    Procedures
  • Oligoclonal Bands

    Cerebrospinal fluid evidence of intrathecal immunoglobulin production used in selected neurologic evaluations.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Optic Neuritis

    Inflammation of the optic nerve causing subacute visual loss, color desaturation, and sometimes pain with eye movement.

    Symptoms & Complications
  • PET

    Positron emission tomography for quantitative cerebral hemodynamic assessment.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Pial Synangiosis

    An indirect technique that places a scalp artery directly against the pial surface.

    Treatment & Surgery
  • Puff-of-Smoke Appearance

    The angiographic collateral appearance that gave moyamoya disease its name.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Recovery & Follow-up

    What follow-up commonly monitors before and after moyamoya revascularization surgery.

    Recovery & Follow-up
  • Recovery & Prevention

    Pain, bowel movements, activity, expected bleeding, warning signs, recurrence, and follow-up after hemorrhoid treatment.

    Recovery & Follow-up
  • Rectal Bleeding

    Blood passed from the anus, with causes ranging from minor anorectal conditions to serious bowel disease.

    Symptoms & Complications
  • Relapses & Recovery

    How clinicians distinguish an MS relapse from pseudo-relapse, progression, and other urgent neurologic conditions.

    Relapses & Recovery
  • RNF213

    A susceptibility gene associated with moyamoya disease in some populations.

    Causes & Genetics
  • Rubber Band Ligation

    Office treatment that places a small band around selected internal hemorrhoidal tissue.

    Treatment & Management
  • SPECT

    Nuclear medicine perfusion imaging used to assess cerebral blood flow and reserve.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • STA–MCA Bypass

    A direct bypass connecting the superficial temporal artery to a middle cerebral artery branch.

    Treatment & Surgery
  • Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy

    Operation that lifts prolapsing internal hemorrhoidal tissue using a circular stapled mucosal resection.

    Treatment & Management
  • Surgical Procedures

    Direct, indirect, and combined cerebral revascularization procedures used for moyamoya.

    Treatment & Surgery
  • Surgical Treatment

    Excisional hemorrhoidectomy, stapled hemorrhoidopexy, hemorrhoidal artery ligation, indications, and tradeoffs.

    Surgery
  • Suzuki Staging

    An angiographic description of how moyamoya collateral patterns evolve.

    Diagnosis & Imaging
  • Symptoms

    Symptoms and emergency warning signs associated with moyamoya disease in children and adults.

    Symptoms & Complications
  • Symptoms

    Common multiple sclerosis symptoms, localization patterns, and warning signs that need urgent assessment.

    Symptoms & Complications
  • Symptoms & Grading

    Bleeding, prolapse, itching, discomfort, thrombosis, and Goligher grading in hemorrhoidal disease.

    Symptoms & Grading
  • Transient Ischemic Attack

    Temporary focal neurologic symptoms caused by inadequate blood flow without established infarction.

    Symptoms & Complications
  • Treatment

    An overview of medical management, surgical decision-making, and multidisciplinary care for moyamoya.

    Treatment & Surgery
  • Treatment

    Disease-modifying therapy, relapse treatment, rehabilitation, symptom management, and monitoring for multiple sclerosis.

    Treatment & Management