Twenty intracranial hematomas between 1 day and over 1 year old were imaged using
magnetic resonance at 1.5 T, with T1- and T2-weighted spin-echo pulse sequences. …

ContextHindbrain herniation occurs in a large percentage of children with myelomeningocele
and is the leading cause of death in this population. The effect of early fetal closure of …

PURPOSE: To investigate a correlation between pathologic and radiologic findings with regard
to the characteristic high-signal-intensity foci seen on long repetition time (TR) magnetic …

Optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) occur in 15%–20% of children with neurofibromatosis type 1
(NF1); up to half become symptomatic. There is little information regarding ophthalmologic …

Objective To determine the prevalence of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disease in a
cohort of children with new‐onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and to compare magnetic …

Canavan disease is a hereditary leukodystrophy caused by mutations in the aspartoacylase
gene (ASPA), leading to loss of enzyme activity and increased concentrations of the …

Review of the computed tomographic findings in 286 patients with acute craniocerebral
trauma revealed several types of lesions: hemorrhagic contusion, intracerebral and …

Objective. Head injury is the leading cause of death in abused children under 2 years of age.
Evidence for establishing guidelines regarding screening for occult head injury in a …

We studied the changes in brain water diffusion in childhood as seen on diffusion-weighted
MRI in 30 children from 1 day of life to 17 years to provide a data base and to investigate the …

The pathophysiology and outcome following severe head injury in 85 children are presented.
The commonest initial CT diagnosis was of acute brain swelling. This swelling was …