Macrocephaly Anne Kennedy, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Benign Familial Macrosomia Aqueductal Stenosis Intracranial Cysts Less Common Holoprosencephaly Spectrum CNS Tumors Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Rare but Important Hydranencephaly Chiari II Malformation ESSENTIAL…
Absent Calvarium Anne Kennedy, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Exencephaly, Anencephaly Acrania Less Common Amniotic Band Syndrome Skeletal Dysplasia, Mimic Osteogenesis Imperfecta Hypophosphatasia Achondrogenesis Rare but Important Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion…
Intracranial Cysts: Lateral Anne Kennedy, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Choroid Plexus Cyst Arachnoid Cyst Less Common Schizencephaly Arteriovenous Fistula Rare but Important Porencephaly ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Key Differential Diagnosis Issues Assessment…
Microcephaly Anne Kennedy, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Idiopathic Symmetric IUGR Exencephaly, Anencephaly Less Common Encephalocele Atelencephaly, Aprosencephaly Destructive Processes Rare but Important Syndromes Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Neu Laxová Syndrome…
Intracranial Calcifications Paula J. Woodward, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Maternal Infection Cytomegalovirus Toxoplasmosis Varicella Rare but Important Teratoma ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Key Differential Diagnosis Issues Significant overlap in imaging findings of…
Hydrocephalus Roya Sohaey, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Chiari II Malformation Aqueductal Stenosis, Late Dandy-Walker Continuum: Classic Less Common Intracranial Hemorrhage Encephalomalacia Rare but Important Obstructing Mass Choroid Plexus Papilloma ESSENTIAL…
Abnormal Brain Parenchyma Karen Y. Oh, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Exencephaly, Anencephaly Destructive Lesions Intracranial Hemorrhage Encephalomalacia Cytomegalovirus Toxoplasmosis Less Common Schizencephaly Lissencephaly Gray Matter Heterotopia Pachygyria-Polymicrogyria Tuberous Sclerosis Rare…
Fluid-Filled Calvarium Roya Sohaey, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Severe Hydrocephalus Holoprosencephaly Spectrum Hydranencephaly Less Common Dandy-Walker Continuum: Classic Severe Schizencephaly Rare but Important Large Arachnoid Cyst Large Glioependymal Cyst ESSENTIAL…
Absent Cavum Septi Pellucidi Anne Kennedy, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Incorrect Scan Plane Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum Chiari II Malformation Severe Hydrocephalus Less Common Holoprosencephaly Spectrum Alobar Holoprosencephaly Semilobar…
Abnormal First Trimester Fetus Anne Kennedy, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Increased Nuchal Translucency Cystic Hygroma Central Nervous System Anomalies, Severe Congenital Heart Defects Less Common Absent Nasal Bone Gastroschisis Omphalocele…
