... practice patterns and clinical uncertainty regarding adequate radiographic evaluation. An oft-cited downside of MRI is the added risk compared to CT in the pediatric population; however, these specific risks have not yet been reported. This study examines the risks of cervical spine MRI in pediatric trauma...

...Jayant S. Goda; Debnarayan Dutta; Nirmal Raut; Shashikant L. Juvekar; Nilendu Purandare; Venkatesh Rangarajan; Brijesh Arora; Tejpal Gupta; Purna Kurkure; Rakesh Jalali Purpose: To study the impact of multiparametric MRI and 18 F-FDG-PET on the outcome of children with diffuse intrinsic pontine...

... illustrates that the vertebral artery dissection may also involve the lower cervical segment. We emphasize that vertebral artery dissection should be considered in a child with acute symptoms and signs of posterior circulation ischemia and that MRI and MR angiography may be helpful in the diagnosis...

...José Montes; Bernard Rosenblatt; Jean-Pierre Farmer; Augustin M. O’Gorman; Fred Andermann; Gordon V. Watters; Kathleen Meagher-Villemure The results of complete excision of cerebral lesions detected by MRI in 18 children presenting with epilepsy were analyzed. There were 14 boys and 4 girls...

...Nancy E. Epstein; Mark Gilder; Karen Black Four hours following a motor vehicle accident, a 5-year-old girl developed a complete motor and sensory paraplegia below the sixth thoracic level (T6). The plain X-rays and MRI scan identified nondisplaced compression fractures of the T3–T6 vertebrae...

...Bruce A. Kaufman; Benjamin Kaufman; Timothy B. Mapstone A patient with anterior pituitary deficiencies, without diabetes insipidus, was found to have a retrochiasmatic mass in association with a large middle fossa cyst on CT and MRI scans, and no tissue in the sella (‘empty sella’). At surgery...

...-contrast MRIs showing the mass in the third ventricle and elevation of the floor of the lateral ventricles due to hydrocephalus. Fig. 3. Sagittal (a) and coronal (b) post-contrast MRIs showing the mass in the third ventricle and elevation of the floor of the lateral ventricles due to hydrocephalus...

...Manish K. Kasliwal; Deepak Agrawal; A.K. Mahapatra The authors describe the MRI findings of a primary orbital Ewing’s sarcoma in a 5-year-old boy, who underwent an extensive tumour surgery as these findings were mistaken for more chemoresistant sarcomas such as rhabdomyosarcoma. This case...

...Takao Tsurubuchi; Akira Matsumura; Kei Nakai; Keishi Fujita; Takao Enomoto; Nobuaki Iwasaki; Tadao Nose We report a case of a holocord high-intensity lesion extending from L1 up to the medulla oblongata on T2-weighted spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) associated with an intramedullary spinal...

... leukemia who presented with seizures while on treatment with L -asparaginase. MRI showed bilaterally symmetrical nonenhancing occipital lesions characteristic of RPLS. L -Asparaginase-induced RPLS is a rare cause of neurological symptoms in patients on induction chemotherapy. Reversible posterior...

.... Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma Central nervous system MRI The desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (DIG), an uncommon neoplasm in the central nervous system, is one of the World Health Organisation grade I supratentorial glioneuronal neoplasms that frequently occur in infants [ 1 ]. The rate...

... myeloschisis Spondylothoracic dysostosis Segmental vertebral disorders MRI Developmental malformations of vertebrae are rare and extremely variable. Several entities have been indicated, but definite classification derived from the appropriate pathogenesis remains uncertain [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...

... intraoperative MRI (iMRI)-guided catheter placement. Methods: The optical tracking system of the General Electric Signa SP iMRI system was utilized for preoperative planning and intraoperative catheter tracking during insertion. Intraoperative volumetric imaging was then used to confirm final catheter position...

... three-dimensional CT and MRI, clearly revealed a bony septum as well as the myeloschisis on the right hemicord, which enabled us to make a precise preoperative diagnosis of this complex anomaly. Closure of the myeloschisis and removal of the septum were successfully accomplished in one stage to prevent...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Brainstem glioma MRI Surgery Radiotherapy Matson [ 1 ], in the late 1960s, said of brainstem gliomas that they should be considered inoperable regardless of their histology...

...Liana Beni-Adani; Moshe Gomori; Sergei Spektor; Shlomi Constantini Cystic pilocytic astrocytomas (CPA) consist of a mural nodule and an accompanying cyst, which may prominently enhance on MRI after contrast administration. This raises the question whether an enhanced wall represents a tumor...

... sensations. Central motor conduction to tibialis anterior (CMCT-TA) on the right side was 32 ms and 24 ms on the left side. Spinal MRI revealed hyperintense signal changes extending from C3 to T12. After 5 days of methylprednisolone therapy, there was marked improvement in weakness, micturition normalized...

... Aneurysmal bone cyst Fibrous dysplasia Skull base Bone neoplasm MRI OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Abstract The combination of fibrous dysplasia and aneurysmal bone cyst of the skull base is extremely rare yet it should be recognized, lest...

...Daniel R. Lefton; Richard S. Pinto; Steven W. Martin Intracranial and intraspinal ependymomas are uncommon tumors of the central nervous system. These tumors have a variety of imaging characteristics, some of which are fairly specific for ependymoma. We discuss the MRI features of ependymomas...