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Pediatric Neuroradiology

Built from Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology

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9 sections · 117 slides

  1. 01

    Introduction

    How pediatric and adult neuroradiology differ

    • Pediatric and adult brain imaging compared
    • Topics covered

    2 slides

  2. 02

    Normal Development

    Sulcation and myelination milestones

    • Setting the normal baseline
    • Fetal brain sulcation across gestation
    • Prenatal brain developmental milestones
    • Myelination timeline
    • How myelin changes MRI signal
    • Term neonate myelination landmarks
    • Normal myelination in a term neonate
    • Terminal zones and delays

    8 slides

  3. 03

    Midline Development

    Corpus callosum, septum pellucidum, and holoprosencephaly

    • Corpus callosum dysgenesis
    • Dysgenesis spectrum at a glance
    • Complete agenesis of the corpus callosum
    • Partial agenesis and lipomas
    • Dysgenesis of the corpus callosum with lipoma
    • Septo-optic dysplasia
    • Septo-optic dysplasia with schizencephaly
    • Holoprosencephaly spectrum
    • Alobar, semilobar, and lobar forms
    • Holoprosencephaly spectrum

    10 slides

  4. 04

    Posterior Fossa Malformations

    Chiari, Dandy-Walker continuum, molar tooth, rhombencephalosynapsis

    • Posterior fossa malformation groups
    • Chiari I versus Chiari II
    • Chiari I malformation
    • Chiari I malformation with syrinx
    • Chiari II malformation
    • Chiari II malformation
    • Dandy-Walker continuum approach
    • Dandy-Walker continuum features
    • Dandy-Walker continuum
    • Classic Dandy-Walker malformation
    • Classic Dandy-Walker malformation
    • Vermian hypoplasia, Blake pouch, mega cisterna magna
    • Joubert syndrome (molar tooth)
    • Molar tooth sign in Joubert syndrome
    • Rhombencephalosynapsis
    • Rhombencephalosynapsis

    16 slides

  5. 05

    Malformations of Cortical Development

    Proliferation, migration, and cortical organization

    • How cortical malformations arise
    • Cortical malformation mechanisms
    • Microlissencephaly and simplified gyral pattern
    • Microlissencephaly
    • Hemimegalencephaly
    • Hemimegalencephaly in CLOVES syndrome
    • Focal cortical dysplasia type II
    • Focal cortical dysplasia type IIb
    • Gray matter heterotopia
    • Periventricular gray matter heterotopias
    • Band heterotopia
    • Pachygyria with band heterotopia
    • Lissencephaly and pachygyria
    • Lissencephaly with cell-sparse zone
    • Polymicrogyria
    • Bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria
    • Schizencephaly
    • Open-lip and closed-lip schizencephaly

    18 slides

  6. 06

    Neonatal Encephalopathy

    Injury patterns across brain maturation

    • Preterm categories and injury timing
    • Reading the injured neonatal brain
    • Hydranencephaly
    • Hydranencephaly
    • Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL)
    • Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL)
    • Detecting and staging PVL
    • Deep nuclear injury
    • Diffuse, watershed, and focal injury
    • Neonatal injury patterns
    • Patterns of diffuse ischemic injury
    • Focal arterial ischemic injury

    12 slides

  7. 07

    The Phakomatoses

    Hereditary neurocutaneous syndromes

    • What the phakomatoses are
    • Phakomatoses at a glance
    • Neurofibromatosis: NF-1 versus NF-2 (1 of 2)
    • Neurofibromatosis: NF-1 versus NF-2 (2 of 2)
    • NF-1 genetics and skin findings
    • Neurofibromatosis type 1 diagnostic criteria
    • NF-1 brain MRI findings
    • NF-1 T2/FLAIR hyperintense lesions
    • NF-1 optic pathway gliomas
    • NF-1 brain gliomas and other findings
    • Glial tumors in NF-1
    • NF-1 spinal lesions
    • Spinal lesions in NF-1
    • NF-2
    • NF-2 cranial nerve and spinal tumors
    • Tuberous sclerosis overview
    • Tubers (cortical-subcortical lesions)
    • Tuberous sclerosis lesion signal
    • Subependymal nodules and SEGA
    • Tuberous sclerosis tubers, SEN, and SEGA
    • TS white matter lesions and treatment
    • Sturge-Weber syndrome
    • Sturge-Weber syndrome
    • von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
    • von Hippel-Lindau syndrome

    25 slides

  8. 08

    Pediatric Spine

    Congenital malformations, syringomyelia, scoliosis

    • Why pediatric spine imaging differs
    • Neurulation in brief
    • Myelomeningocele and myelocele
    • Myelomeningocele with Chiari II
    • Lipomyelocele and intradural lipoma
    • Lipomyelocele with tethered cord
    • Dorsal dermal sinus
    • Infected dorsal dermal sinus
    • Caudal regression syndrome
    • Myelocystocele
    • Nonterminal myelocystocele
    • Split cord malformations
    • Type 1 split cord malformation
    • Tethered cord syndrome
    • Fatty filum terminale with tethered cord
    • Syringomyelia
    • Syringomyelia with Chiari I
    • Scoliosis: the common type
    • Idiopathic and syndromic scoliosis
    • Nonidiopathic and urgent scoliosis
    • Pathologic scoliosis from osteosarcoma

    21 slides

  9. 09

    Key Takeaways

    A quick review of the topics

    • Key takeaways
    • References
    • References (continued)
    • References (continued)
    • Brant and Helms' Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology

    5 slides