Obituary Prof. Dr. med. Werner Wichmann, MD
Professor Dr. med. Werner Wichmann passed away on 26.01.2023
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Werner Wichmann played a key role in shaping the emergence of the Swiss Society of Neuroradiology SGNR and the discipline itself. As an examiner and commission president, he was committed for many years to the standards to be met by a person working in clinical neuroradiology and at the same time was able to build trust in the next generationReferences
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Täumer R, Rohde N, Wichmann W, Röver J. Studium der elektrischen Potentiale der Netzhaut mit der ERG-, EOG- und DC-ERG-Technik. In: Jaeger W, ed. Periphere Retina. Munich: J.F. Bergmann-Verlag; 1977:743-746.
Wichmann W, Foerster EC, Otto R. Ein neues Kunststoffpolster (Elastomer) als Vorlaufsstrecke für Sonographie. Ultraschall Med 1984;5(05):265-267. (In De). DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1012105.
Valavanis A, Schubiger O, Wichmann W. Classification of brain arteriovenous malformation nidus by magnetic resonance imaging. Acta Radiol Suppl 1986;369:86-89. (In eng) (http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/2980620).
Boltshauser E, Schinzel A, Wichmann W, Haller D, Valavanis A. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease: identification of heterozygotes with magnetic resonance imaging? Helv Paediatr Acta 1987;42(4):337-9. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3443555).
DVORAK J, PANJABI M, GERBER M, WICHMANN W. CT-Functional Diagnostics of the Rotatory Instability of Upper Cervical Spine: 1. An Experimental Study on Cadavers. Spine 1987;12(3):197-205. (https://journals.lww.com/spinejournal/Fulltext/1987/04000/CT_Functional_Diagnostics_of_the_Rotatory.1.aspx).
Schubiger O, Valavanis A, Wichmann W. Growth-mechanism of giant intracranial aneurysms; demonstration by CT and MR imaging. Neuroradiology 1987;29(3):266-271. DOI: 10.1007/BF00451765.
Wichmann W, Valavanis A, Haller D. Zur Anwendung der Hochfeld-Kernspintomographie in der Neuroradiologie. Erfahrungen mit 2000 Untersuchungen. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1987;117(47):1841-52.
Wolfensberger M, Kikinis R, Schmid S, Wichmann W. Der Beitrag der Computertomographie zur Klassifikation von Hypopharynx- und Larynxkarzinomen. Laryngol Rhinol Otol 1987;66(2):84-7.
Boltshauser E, Schinzel A, Wichmann W, Haller D, Valavanis A. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease: identification of heterozygotes with magnetic resonance imaging? Hum Genet 1988;80(4):393-4. DOI: 10.1007/BF00273659.
Wichmann W, Schubiger O, Valavanis A, Kasdaglis K. Zur kernspintomographischen Diagnostik von Mikroadenomen der Hypophyse: Vergleich MRT, CT und OP. RöFo-Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren: © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart· New York; 1988:239-244.
Boltshauser E, Yalcinkaya C, Wichmann W, Reutter F, Prader A, Valavanis A. MRI in Cockayne syndrome type I. Neuroradiology 1989;31:276-277.
Müller FA, Hänny PE, Wichmann W, Fierz W, Dürsteler MR. Cerebrospinal fluid immunoglobulins and multiple sclerosis: correspondence with magnetic resonance imaging and visually evoked potential changes. Archives of neurology 1989;46(4):367-371.
Steinlin M, Boltshauser E, Steinmann B, Wichmann W, Niemeyer G. Hyperprolinaemia type I and white matter disease: coincidence or causal relationship. European journal of pediatrics 1989;149:40-42.
Werder E, Zachmann M, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. Neurohypophyseal ectopy in growth hormone insufficiency. Hormone Research in Paediatrics 1989;31(5-6):210-212.
Huss R, Wichmann W, Greminger P. Visuseinschränkung, Libidoverlust, Kopfschmerzen. Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax 1990;79(44):1344-6.
Siegel AM, Wieser HG, Wichmann W, Yasargil GM. Relationships between MR-imaged total amount of tissue removed, resection scores of specific mediobasal limbic subcompartments and clinical outcome following selective amygdalohippocampectomy. Epilepsy Res 1990;6(1):56-65. DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(90)90009-k.
Waespe W, Wichmann W. Oculomotor disturbances during visual-vestibular interaction in Wallenberg's lateral medullary syndrome. Brain 1990;113(3):821-846.
Schefer S, Valavanis A, Wichmann W. Morphology and classification of cerebral cavernomas on MRI. MRT-Morphologie und Klassifikation der zerebralen Kavernome. Radiologe;(Germany, FR) 1991;31(6).
Schroth G, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. Blood-brain-barrier disruption in acute Wernicke encephalopathy: MR findings. Journal of computer assisted tomography 1991;15(6):1059-1061.
Schroth G, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. Aneurysm of the lingual artery: Endovascular treatment. Neuroradiology 1991;33:451-452.
Wichmann W, Schroth G, Schefer S, Valavanis A. Hochauflösende Kernspintomographie in der Neuroradiologie: Struktur der Hirnrinde und Bandscheibe. Klin Neuroradiol 1991;2:83-90.
Wichmann W, Schubiger O, v Deimling A, Schenker C, Valavanis A. Neuroradiology of central neurocytoma. Neuroradiology 1991;33:143-148.
Yaşargil MG, Von Ammon K, von Deimling A, Valavanis A, Wichmann W, Wiestler OD. Central neurocytoma: histopathological variants and therapeutic approaches. Journal of neurosurgery 1992;76(1):32-37.
Massenkeil G, Wichmann W, Krummenacher F, Rhyner K. Reversible rückenmarkskompression durch extramedulläre blutbildungsherde bei thalassämie. DMW-Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 1993;118(04):100-106.
Ruetschle M, Schroth G, Wichmann W. MRI and CT diagnostics in acute cerebral tuberculosis. Bildgebende Diagnostik der akuten zerebralen Tuberkulose. RoeFo-Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Roentgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin;(Germany) 1993;159(5).
Schenker C, Meier D, Wichmann W, Boesiger P, Valavanis A. Age distribution and iron dependency of the T2 relaxation time in the globus pallidus and putamen. Neuroradiology 1993;35:119-124.
Schmitt S, Wichmann W, Martin E, Zachmann M, Schoenle E. Pituitary stalk thickening with diabetes insipidus preceding typical manifestations of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children. European journal of pediatrics 1993;152:399-401.
Schuknecht B, Huisman T, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. MAGNETRESONANZANGIOGRAPHIE IN DER NEURORADIOLOGIE. INDIKATIONEN UND ANWENDUNGEN. Radiologe 1993;33(2):75-80.
Wichmann W, Wiestler O, Valavanis A, Kleihues P, Brüstle O. Correlation of postmortem MR-analyses with histopathology in patients with AIDS. Schweiz Arch Neurolo Psychiatr 1993;144:37-8.
Boltshauser E, Schmitt B, Wichmann W, Valavanis A, Sailer H, Yonekawa Y. Cerebellomedullary compression in recessive craniometaphyseal dysplasia. Pediatric Neurology 1994;11(2):178.
Brugiores P, Gaston A, Degryse H, et al. Randomised double blind trial of the safety and efficacy of two gadolinium complexes (Gd-DTPA and Gd-DOTA). Neuroradiology 1994;36:27-30.
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. Idiopathic, herpetic, and HIV-associated facial nerve palsies: abnormal MR enhancement patterns. American journal of neuroradiology 1994;15(3):479-485. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8334325/pdf/8197944.pdf).
Wieser HG, Wang J, Panayiotou P, et al. Seizure occurrence, EEG, and magnetic resonance imaging findings in 61 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Journal of Epilepsy 1994;7(2):70-75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9394(14)71178-X.
Chen JM, Moll C, Wichmann W, Kurrer MO, Fisch U. Magnetic resonance imaging and intraoperative frozen sections in intratemporal facial schwannomas. Otology & Neurotology 1995;16(1):68-74.
Landau K, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. The missing temporal crescent. American journal of ophthalmology 1995;119(3):345-349. (https://www.ajo.com/article/S0002-9394(14)71178-X/pdf).
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Sartoretti C, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. Anatomy and pathology with the MRI of the parotid gland. Radiologe 1995;35(11):848-865.
Brändle P, Satoretti-Schefer S, Böhmer A, Wichmann W, Fisch U. Correlation of MRI, clinical, and electroneuronographic findings in acute facial nerve palsy. Otology & Neurotology 1996;17(1):154-161.
Gutling E, Isenmann S, Wichmann W. Electrophysiology in the locked-in-syndrome. Neurology 1996;46(4):1092-1101.
Isenmann S, Zimmermann D, Wichmann W, Moll C. Tuberculoma mimicking meningioma of the falx cerebri. PCR diagnosis of mycobacterial DNA from formalin-fixed tissue. Clinical neuropathology 1996;15(3):155-158.
Rutishauser J, Böni-Schnetzler M, Böni J, et al. A novel point mutation in the translation initiation codon of the pre-pro-vasopressin-neurophysin II gene: cosegregation with morphological abnormalities and clinical symptoms in autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1996;81(1):192-198. (https://watermark.silverchair.com/jcem0192.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAsUwggLBBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggKyMIICrgIBADCCAqcGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMVfAa0IXmVbz2wDFfAgEQgIICeJQUEY2O_eARKKZ0XfWxGh1I5JOCwA0fG51JDKnh_sbNqeGjre_2FeWNikDFXapl1vhWvs4jgHKX6bWMomUUB3kbrrgZEeyu2wxIwYY6SDlaYhpiydhen2EHLOHlSbPBJ9yCv-8hhJHnqFyyiBA0R5S_Gn1OFDSJVS9e9_hBe3Q--oK-8QUg832KyAr57PPD7E37BZ86z0gCniZpRjtGjuRM_K9FAiqnkIyYpjHvnjOA7mILijGufT9s42mfXYNvougl35vvfFGLj2A8IzV_c63ipwI1yyq3M2qVVUCt1tAl2dP8OHQIIF5VsohjTPh5USgGkWutg0laIgknAcwVQT7nRr9fSRZOvwYWqP5Ln-DsXD0sWQFQ6rMvWeei2EHjIWie1HB3gC-CRC6NtFSthpPu-a7w9DbKziXbwL2EpcW3hQQirj9c26m6Bk65SvzcmpAc90uNahA1eg8FI8JtlJvvPFWRHJc3QLIDLxQ-Nz-ek7Nnls6b7cSgsKsxZUCyMnJoJAN02p5ueD341Zy3tWh5Jj7nT08aBA-4cjzkntP7KfUlDYIVHixdKQVBHNPR4Y929Sw4UXHwo_mbDhlb8vwYg8_XSNEooETAgTsrM5fxZiOeS-qlrGLuDVKxzHZBq3XiqvtOkmgoSNXV96w9YLCL-BvYB1qfYVLUZstmbIKaSJbOGsifIo8AhLblbO6MMB3SDjr0O58NTi4Dr3Ks-EtSYclZN-5i6iW0P9RE6RfwodBffKe1YOqj198jV89Tz8EahLqxpOrUaNAeR85DXMBO6E_4KIrQaCDgjmdtWpWey86Ipsitpsnsq8oCkfYpNchODVt84dwK).
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Brändle P, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. Intensity of MR contrast enhancement does not correspond to clinical and electroneurographic findings in acute inflammatory facial nerve palsy. American journal of neuroradiology 1996;17(7):1229-1236. (https://www.ajnr.org/content/ajnr/17/7/1229.full.pdf).
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. [Inflammatory facial paralysis in MRI. An overview]. Radiologe 1996;36(11):890-6. DOI: 10.1007/s001170050156.
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. [Inflammatory diseases of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots in the MRI]. Radiologe 1996;36(11):897-913. DOI: 10.1007/s001170050157.
Schuknecht B, Simmen D, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. MR identification of carotid artery involvement in septic cavernous sinus thrombosis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY 1996;2(3):290-295.
Schurch B, Wichmann W, Rossier A. Post-traumatic syringomyelia (cystic myelopathy): a prospective study of 449 patients with spinal cord injury. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 1996;60(1):61-67. DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.1.61.
Wichmann W. Correction of high myopia by implantation of minus-power intraocular lenses in phakic eyes. J Refract Surg 1996;12(6):672-3. DOI: 10.3928/1081-597X-19960901-03.
Fechner PU, Wichmann W. Intraocular use of hyaluronidase to dissolve sodium hyaluronic acid. J Refract Surg 1997;13(6):502-3. DOI: 10.3928/1081-597X-19970901-05.
Kotzot D, Schlegel C, Wichmann W, Schinzel A. Escher-Hirt syndrome. Clin Dysmorphol 1997;6(4):315-21. DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199710000-00003.
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Blattler T, Wichmann W. Spinal MRI in vacuolar myelopathy, and correlation with histopathological findings. Neuroradiology 1997;39(12):865-9. DOI: 10.1007/s002340050523.
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Scherler M, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. Contrast-enhanced MR of the facial nerve in patients with posttraumatic peripheral facial nerve palsy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997;18(6):1115-25. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9194439).
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Wichmann W, Aguzzi A, Valavanis A. MR differentiation of adamantinous and squamous-papillary craniopharyngiomas. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997;18(1):77-87. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9010523).
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. Optic neuritis-Characteristic magnetic resonance imaging features and differential diagnosis. International Journal of Neuroradiology 1997;3(5):417-427.
Wichmann W, Von Ammon K, Fink U, Weik T, Yasargil GM. Aneurysm clips made of titanium: magnetic characteristics and artifacts in MR. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997;18(5):939-44. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9159374).
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Aguzzi A, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. Gangliogliomas-Correlation between appearance on magnetic resonance imaging and tumor histology. International Journal of Neuroradiology 1998;4(5):357-365.
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Kollias S, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. T2-weighted three-dimensional fast spin-echo MR in inflammatory peripheral facial nerve palsy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1998;19(3):491-5. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9541305).
Wieser H, Hajek M, Constantinopol D, Siegel A, Yonekawa Y, Wichmann W. Symptomatische Epilepsien bei Läsionen des Hirnstamms, des Dienzephalons und des Thalamus. Klinische Neurophysiologie 1998;29(01):10-21.
Fandino J, Yonekawa Y, Wichmann WW, Roth P. Extradural vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm causing subarachnoid haemorrhage. J Clin Neurosci 1999;6(3):245-7. DOI: 10.1016/s0967-5868(99)90513-1.
Fechner PU, Haubitz I, Wichmann W, Wulff K. Worst-Fechner biconcave minus power phakic iris-claw lens. J Refract Surg 1999;15(2):93-105. DOI: 10.3928/1081-597X-19990301-04.
Sartoretti-Schefer S, Kollias S, Wichmann W, Valavanis A. 3D T2-weighted fast spin-echo MRI sialography of the parotid gland. Neuroradiology 1999;41(1):46-51. DOI: 10.1007/s002340050704.
Siegfried J, Wellis G, Scheib S, et al. [Palliative treatment of brain metastases with gamma knife]. Ther Umsch 2001;58(7):413-8. DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.58.7.413.
Wichmann W. Reflexions about imaging technique and examination protocol 2. MR-examination protocol. Eur J Radiol 2004;49(1):6-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.10.010.
Wichmann W, Muller-Forell W. Anatomy of the visual system. Eur J Radiol 2004;49(1):8-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.11.001.
Bosch MM, Wichmann WW, Boltshauser E, Landau K. Optic nerve sheath meningiomas in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2. Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124(3):379-85. DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.3.379.
Valavanis A, Wichmann W. Neuroradiologie: Forschung und klinischer Alltag. Swiss Medical Forum: EMH Media; 2006:25-27.
Wichmann W. Neuroradiologie zerebraler Gliome bei Erwachsenen - Kriterien in Diagnostik und Verlaufskontrolle. Onkologie 2007;05:13 - 15.
Wichmann W, Schmid K, Waespe W. Huhn oder Ei? Swiss Medical Forum: EMH Media; 2007:304-306.
Gisler V, Schaer D, Wichmann W, Kerl K, Franzen D. [Not a tropical, but a non the less exotic fever]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2013;102(16):999-1003. DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a001378.
Petersen JA, Wichmann WW, Weber KP. The pivotal sign of CANVAS. Neurology 2013;81(18):1642-3. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a9f435.
Tarnutzer AA, Wichmann W, Straumann D, Bockisch CJ. The cerebellar nodulus: perceptual and ocular processing of graviceptive input. Ann Neurol 2015;77(2):343-7. DOI: 10.1002/ana.24329.
Gruter BE, Pangalu A, Landau K, Wichmann W. Orbital Cellulitis with Apparent Thrombosis of the Left Cavernous Sinus and Perioptical Abscess Formation. Clin Neuroradiol 2017;27(3):379-382. DOI: 10.1007/s00062-017-0563-2.
Zehnder S, Wildberger H, Hanson JVM, et al. Retinal Ganglion Cell Topography in Patients With Visual Pathway Pathology. J Neuroophthalmol 2018;38(2):172-178. DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000589.
Losa M, Carta MC, Frontzek K, Krayenbuhl N, Wichmann W, Rushing EJ. An Infratentorial Tumor in a 44-Year-Old Female Patient. Brain Pathol 2019;29(1):145-146. DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12684.
Fierz FC, Landau K, Kottke R, et al. The "Eyelet Sign" as an MRI Clue for Inflammatory Brown Syndrome. J Neuroophthalmol 2022;42(1):115-120. DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001237.
Kienzler JC, Hidalgo TE, Wichmann W, Magagna-Poveda A, Fandino J. Lumbar Epidural Cavernous Hemangioma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Cureus 2023;15(1):e33677. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.33677.
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