Periventricular Calcification Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common TORCH, General Congenital CMV Congenital Toxoplasmosis Congenital Herpes Encephalitis Congenital HIV Congenital Rubella Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Less Common Neurocysticercosis Tuberculosis…
Suprasellar Mass Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pilocytic Astrocytoma (PA) Craniopharyngioma Pituitary Hyperplasia (Physiologic) Hydrocephalus Less Common Germinoma Tuber Cinereum Hamartoma Arachnoid Cyst Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Pituitary…
Abnormal Shape/Configuration of Corpus Callosum Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Variant Callosal Dysgenesis Callosotomy Neoplasm Lipoma Glioblastoma Multiforme Lymphoma, Primary CNS Decreased White Matter Volume Hypomyelination…
Spinal Dysraphic Lesion Bernadette L. Koch, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Incomplete Fusion, Posterior Element Myelomeningocele Lipomyelomeningocele (LMM) Lipomyelocele (LM) Less Common Diastematomyelia Dorsal Dermal Sinus Rare but Important Meningocele, Dorsal…
Sensorineural Hearing Loss in A Child Bernadette L. Koch, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Large Endolymphatic Sac Anomaly (IP-2) Fractures, Temporal Bone Semicircular Canal Dysplasia Labyrinthine Ossificans Less Common Labyrinthitis Cochlear…
Brain Tumor In Child > 1 Year Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pilocytic Astrocytoma Cerebellar JPA Optic Pathway Glioma Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma (Rare) Medulloblastoma (PNET-MB) Ependymoma Pediatric Brainstem…
Metabolic Disorders Affecting Primarily White Matter Bernadette L. Koch, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Leukodystrophies X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) Canavan Disease Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) Krabbe Disease (GLD) Hypomyelination Alexander Disease Vanishing White…
Congenital Cerebellar Malformation Bernadette L. Koch, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Chiari 1 Malformation Chiari 2 Malformation Less Common Cerebellar Hypoplasia Cerebellar Dysplasias (Unclassified) Dandy-Walker Spectrum Rare but Important Rhombencephalosynapsis Molar…
Child Abuse Eva Ilse Rubio, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Long Bone Fractures Posterior, Lateral, Anterior Rib Fractures Skull Fractures Classic Metaphyseal Lesion Solid Organ Lacerations Inflicted Head Injury Mimics of…
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lesion Bernadette L. Koch, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Syringomyelia ADEM Idiopathic Acute Transverse Myelitis Acute Transverse Myelopathy Less Common Contusion-Hematoma Multiple Sclerosis Astrocytoma Cellular Ependymoma Abscess Rare…
