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…
Skull Base Foraminal or Fissural Variants Christine M. Glastonbury, MBBS DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Jugular Foramen Asymmetry Glossopharyngeal Canal Less Common Petromastoid Canal Asymmetric Sphenoidal Emissary Vein (of Vesalius) Persistent Craniopharyngeal…
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…
Pelvis Mass Eva Ilse Rubio, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Ovarian Lesion, Nonneoplastic Simple Cyst Parovarian Cyst Hemorrhagic Cyst Ovarian Lesion, Neoplastic Germ Cell Tumors Stromal Cell Tumors Epithelial Cell Tumors…
Pineal Mass Bernadette L. Koch, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pineal Cyst Less Common Germinoma Teratoma Rare but Important Pineoblastoma Retinoblastoma Pineocytoma ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Helpful Clues for Common Diagnoses Pineal Cyst…
Lumbar Soft Tissue Mass Kevin R. Moore, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Lipomyelomeningocele Myelomeningocele Spinal Lipoma Traumatic Spinal Muscle Injury Scoliosis Less Common Plexiform Neurofibroma Ewing Sarcoma Lymphoma Venous Vascular Malformation…
Sacrococcygeal Mass Kevin R. Moore, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Sacrococcygeal Teratoma Presacral Abscess Less Common Neuroblastic Tumor Plexiform Neurofibroma Lymphoma Chondrosarcoma Ewing Sarcoma Rare but Important Rhabdomyosarcoma Osteosarcoma Dermoid and…
