Head Trauma
Chapter 5 Head Trauma Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has an incidence of more than 500,000 cases per year, and is the leading cause of disability and death in children and…
White Matter Diseases
Chapter 7 White Matter Diseases White matter diseases are heterogeneous conditions linked together because they involve the same real estate. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is quite sensitive and, when combined…
Techniques in Neuroimaging
Chapter 1 Techniques in Neuroimaging INTRODUCTION Central to the effective evaluation of an image is an understanding of the technical aspects of image production. This not only includes recently developed…
Approach and Pitfalls in Neuroimaging
Chapter 18 Approach and Pitfalls in Neuroimaging SEARCH STRATEGY If you have read the preceding chapters with due diligence, we can assume that you have a knowledge base for the…
Head and Neck
2 Head and Neck Skull Base Addressing normal anatomy, the sphenoid bone forms the foundation of the central skull base. It forms the floor of the middle cranial fossa, provides…
Fetal and neonatal hypoxic–ischemic lesions
2 Fetal and neonatal hypoxic–ischemic lesions The most common neuropathology encountered in pediatric autopsies is that associated with hypoxia and/or ischemia. The great variety of lesions associated with these two…
Lysosomal and peroxisomal disorders
23 Lysosomal and peroxisomal disorders This chapter deals first with the lysosomal disorders that principally affect gray matter and then with those involving white matter (leukodystrophies). Lastly, the chapter covers…
Fungal infections
17 Fungal infections Fungi are responsible for an increasing proportion of CNS infections. Contributory factors include: The widespread use of immunosuppressive drugs. An increase in the relative number of elderly…
