Masses in the sella and parasellar region comprise about 10% of all pediatric brain tumors but type and frequency differs from those in adults. Imaging is critical for diagnosis and…
Brain tumors can develop in the prenatal and neonatal time periods. Neuroimaging studies are crucial for the early detection of prenatal and neonatal brain tumors. Imaging allows for characterization of…
The breadth of tumors that can arise in the supratentorial brain in children is extensive. With the exception of those that result in seizures and the highly malignant histologies, supratentorial…
Lara A. Brandão, MD, Editor This issue of Neuroimaging Clinics focuses on pediatric and neonatal brain tumors. The first article, “Posterior fossa tumors,” offers a detailed overview of the most…
Suresh K. Mukherji, MD, MBA, FACR, Consulting Editor This issue is the second part to Dr Brandao’s two-part series on advanced imaging of brain tumors. The prior issue focused on…
FIG. 6.1 Cerebral swelling in meningitis. Two axial images (A, B) from a noncontrast head CT demonstrate nearly completely effaced sulci. Even in young patients with healthy cerebral volumes, usually…
Grading of severity of CT findings has traditionally relied on the Trauma Coma Data Bank (TCDB) classification, also known as the Marshall classification (11) (Table 3.2). However, this classification system,…
Table 8.2 VENTRAL INDUCTION AND DESIGNATION OF THE BRAIN VESICLES The cerebral cortex develops in four stages including patterning, cell proliferation, neuronal migration, and postmigratory development with a potential insult…
FIG. 5.1 Small early acute stroke. 82-year-old female with 3 hours’ onset of expressive aphasia. A: NCCT with regular brain parenchyma windowing and (B) with narrow windowing (C) axial DWI…
FIG. 11.1 Supporting ligamentous structures of craniovertebral junction posterior view.The posterior arch of C1 has been removed. (From Weinstein JS, Nemecek AN. Trauma-related complications—atlantooccipital dislocation. In: Benzel EC, ed. The…
