Pediatric Neurology - Clinical and Imaging Case Studies

Pediatric Neurology: Clinical and Imaging Case Studies is a richly illustrated, case-based resource that explores the complementary roles of neurology and radiology for patient diagnosis and treatment. This unique volume is authored by world-class child neurologists and pediatric neuroradiologists who demonstrate the essential role of interdisciplinary collaboration in clinical care. Expert-selected cases comprise this valuable educational tool and reference text for diverse audiences including primary care physicians, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neuroradiologists. Provides case-based teaching organized by disease type, with multiple conditions discussed in each sectionIntroduces each disease as an unknown, progresses through the patient workup, and ends with the final diagnosisHighlights clinical and imaging pearls, pitfalls, and differential diagnoses for every caseEmphasizes guidelines for radiologic interpretation across a diverse array of pediatric neurologic disordersOver 1,000 images represent the collective knowledge and expertise of internationally recognized neurologists and neuroradiologistsAn eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

List of contents

SECTION 1 Headache
1. When Sinuses Are the Cause of a Headache
2. The Brain Also Suffers With Obesity
3. When the Hindbrain Causes Headache
4. The Brain Also Faints
5. The Worst Headache of My Life
6. Not All Hemiparesis Is a Stroke
7. Children Can Also Have Microstrokes

SECTION 2 Neonatal Neurology
8. Full-Term Infant With Seizure
9. Preterm Infant With Ventricular Dilation
10. Infants Can Have Strokes, Too
11. Preterm Infant With Hypotonia

SECTION 3 Cerebral Palsy
12. My Baby Is Left-Handed
13. The Infant With Assymetric Posture
14. Return to the Perinatal History
15. Pay Attention to Preterm Babies

SECTION 4 Epilepsy
16. Ironing Out the Cause of Seizures
17. Long-Term Epilepsy-Associated Tumors
18. Focus on the Etiology
19. Skin Is the Window to the Brain
20. Secondary Seizures

SECTION 5 CNS Vascular Disease
21. Postinfectious Stroke
22. Hidden Impact
23. From Heart to Brain
24. Assymetric Worsening
25. Remember the Veins
26. Boy in the Barrel
27. High Flow, High Pain

SECTION 6 Neurodegenerative Diseases
28. A Child Who Drops Very Quickly in His School Performance
29. Head Circumference Is Increasing While the Child Is Deteriorating
30. The Infant Who Loses Ambulation
31. Child With Nystagmus, Dystonia, and Developmental Failure
32. Infant With Brittle Hair, Seizures, and Neurological Deterioration

SECTION 7 Neurometabolic Disorders
33. Widened Sylvian Fissures and Basal Ganglia
34. Intramyelinic Edema of Infancy
35. Stroke-Like Episodes
36. Severe Neonatal Communicating Hydrocephalus

SECTION 8 Acquired Nervous System Infection
37. Limbic Encephalitis: A Double Hit
38. Complications of the Pandemic
39. Parasites in the Brain
40. Endemic Infection: Lying in Wait
41. Cerebral Malaria

SECTION 9 Pediatric Brain Tumors
42. Posterior Fossa Emergency
43. Sticky in the Sella
44. Midline Menace
45. Temporal Trouble
46. Jumping into Orbit

SECTION 10 Other Autoimmune Disorders
47. Insult to the Deep Grey Nuclei
48. Inflammatory Emesis
49. Postinfectious Ataxia
50. Progressive Hemiseizures

SECTION 11 Demyelinating Diseases of the CNS
51. When the Central Nervous System Loses Color
52. Altered Mentation and Myelitis
53. When the Spinal Cord Takes Off Its Coat
54. When Emotional Liability Isn’t Psychiatric
55. Recurrent Discoordination

SECTION 12 Neurocutaneous Syndromes
56. Spots Here, There, and Everywhere
57. Café au Lait: Tip of the Iceberg
58. Mysteries of the Hairless Plaque
59. Port-Wine and the Brain

SECTION 13 Traumatic Brain Injury
60. Buckle Up
61. The Eyes Have It
62. Severe TBI: What Is the Outlook
63. Moderate TBI: How to Tell
64. Penetrating Injury
65. Pedestrian Struck
66. The Dreaded Epidural
67. Spectrum of Subdurals
68. The Killer Bed

SECTION 14 Movement Disorders and Ataxia
69. Ataxic and Metallic
70. Yellow and Drooling
71. Acute Hemichorea and More
72. Eye of the Tiger
73. Boxed In

SECTION 15 Neurologic Complications of Systemic Diseases
74. White Matter Climate Change
75. When the Kidneys and Brain Cry
76. Brain Changes Under Pressure
77. Tell Me How You Eat and I Will Tell You How You Walk
78. Sickle Cell Disease, Brain, Skull, and Bones

About the author

Mai-Lan Ho works at the Nationwide Children's Hospital, Department of Radiology, Columbus, Ohio.

Product details

• Authors: Alcy R. Torres, Ho Mai-Lan, Hugo A. Arroyo, Carlos Rugilo, Jorge Vidaurre
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 22.08.2025
• EAN: 9780443287220
• ISBN: 978-0-443-28722-0
• Weight: 450 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Pediatrics, MEDICAL / Neurology, MEDICAL / Surgery / Neurosurgery, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurosciences, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology