The Book "Pediatric Neuroradiology" covers neuropediatric pathologies starting from their in utero expression. The three sections (Brain, Head and Neck, and Spine) are opened by introductory chapters on the embryology of the various compartments, allowing a better understanding of the related malformations, and also contain chapters on the prenatal ultrasound and MRI diagnosis of the various conditions. Each section also includes a chapter dedicated to the vascular malformations of each district and their endovascular treatment. Several topics that are often only superficially dealt with in other books, such as the pituitary gland, hemolymphoproliferative disorders, and rare phakomatoses, are herewith covered in outstanding detail, especially for the benefit of those with an already established expertise in the field. Advanced imaging techniques (spectroscopy, diffusion, perfusion, and functional imaging) are covered in dedicated chapters, although their application to specific disease entities are also reported other chapters. In all cases where tissue characterization is required, such as brain and spine tumors, the rich case illustration includes all routinely used imaging sequences (T1, T2, FLAIR, contrast enhanced). The vast body of clinical and genetic information makes this book valuable also for pediatric field clinicians wanting to increase their knowledge in the neurological field. The rich analytic index makes it an easily usable tool in the everyday clinical practice. This volume comprises the most up-to-date body of knowledge in the field of neurological and neurosurgical diseases of the pediatric central nervous system.

Table of contents


Brain: Embryology of the Brain; Myelination ; Malformations of the Telencephalic Commissures: Callosal Agenesis and Related Disorders; Brain Malformations; Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain in Preterm Infants; Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy; Pediatric Cerebrovascular Disease; Arteriovenous Malformations: Diagnosis and Endovascular Treatment; Capillary-Venous Malformations; Brain Tumors; Hemolymphoproliferative Diseases and Treatment-Related Disorders; Infectious Diseases; Metabolic Disorders; Neurodegenerative Disorders; Aquired Inflammatory White-Matter Disease; Phakomatoses; The Rare Phakomatoses; Sellar and Suprasellar Disorders; Accidental Head Trauma; Nonaccidental Head Injury (Child Abuse); Hydrocepahlus, Cysts, and Other Disorders of the Cebrospinal Fluid Spaces; Epilepsy; MR Spectroscopy in Pediatric Neuroimaging; Diffusion-Weighted, Perfusion-Weighted, and Functional MR Imaging in Pediatric Neuroradiology; Ultrasounds; Prenatal Ultrasound: Brain ; Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Central Nervous System; Head and Neck: Embryology of the Head and Neck; Skull Development and Abnormalities; The Craniostenosis; The Orbit; Disorders of the Temporal Bone in Children; Imaging the Pediatric Sinonasal Disease; Imaging of the Neck in Children; Cervico-Facial Vascular Malformations; Face and Neck Sonography;Prenatal Ultrasound: Face and Neck; Spine: Embryology of the Spine and Spinal Cord; Congenital Malformations of the Spine and Spinal Cord; Tumors of the Spine and Spinal Cord; Infections and Inflammatory Disorders of the Spine; Spinal Trauma; Spine and Spinal Cord: Arteriovenous Shunts in Children; Spine and Spinal Cord: Sonography; Prenatal Diagnosis: Spine and Spinal Cord;