Centennial dissertation. Honoring Arthur W. Goodspeed, MD and James B. Bullitt, MD. CT and MR imaging and nontraumatic neurologic emergencies.

This review has highlighted some of the disease processes that produce diagnostic difficulty in the emergency neuroradiology setting. Because radiologists are often the first individuals to consider these entities, they must be familiar with the clinical features that suggest the diagnosis. Furthermore, acquaintance with the various imaging findings of these diseases will allow early diagnosis and will help limit the severe complications that follow these neurologic emergency conditions if left untreated.