Normal Skull Base Venous Variants Christine M. Glastonbury, MBBS DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Jugular Foramen Asymmetry Jugular Bulb Pseudolesion Pterygoid Venous Plexus Asymmetry Transmastoid Emissary Vein Asymmetric Posterior Condylar Canal Less…
Brain Tumor in Newborn/Infant Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Anaplastic Astrocytoma Teratoma Medulloblastoma (PNET-MB) Supratentorial PNET Supratentorial Ependymoma Choroid Plexus Papilloma Less Common Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma…
Thin Corpus Callosum Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Variant Immature Brain Encephalomalacia Multiple Sclerosis White Matter Injury of Prematurity Callosal Dysgenesis Callosectomy/Callosotomy Obstructive Hydrocephalus Less Common…
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…
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…
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…
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…
