Supratentorial Tumors in Pediatric Patients

Carlos Zamora; Thierry A G M Huisman; Izlem Izbudak

doi:10.1016/j.nic.2016.08.003

Supratentorial Tumors in Pediatric Patients

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2017 Feb;27(1):39-67. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2016.08.003.

Authors

Carlos Zamora¹, Thierry A G M Huisman², Izlem Izbudak³

Affiliations

¹ Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Division of Neuroradiology, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0842, USA; Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 3326 Old Infirmary Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
² Division of Pediatric Radiology, Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Phipps B-126-B, Baltimore, MD 21287-0842, USA.
³ Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Division of Neuroradiology, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0842, USA. Electronic address: iizbuda@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 27889023
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2016.08.003

Abstract

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 tumors may come to medical attention later compared with infratentorial tumors, as they are less commonly associated with ventricular obstruction. This article presents an overview of the neuroimaging characteristics of these entities, with particular attention to relevant features that may aid in narrowing the differential diagnosis, including correlation with demographics and clinical presentation.

Keywords: Astrocytoma; Brain tumors; Desmoplastic infantile tumors; Embryonal tumors; Ependymoma; Glioma; Neuroepithelial tumors; Supratentorial.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Child
Diagnostic Imaging / methods
Humans
Neuroimaging / methods*
Supratentorial Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*