The thoroughly updated Fourth Edition of this acclaimed reference describes and illustrates the full range of paediatric disorders diagnosable by modern neuroimaging. This edition includes state-of-the-art information on the use of proton spectroscopy, diffusion imaging, and perfusion imaging in diagnosing metabolic disorders, brain tumours, abnormalities of cerebral microstructure, and abnormalities of blood flow. New entities have been added to the chapters on metabolic disorders, brain injuries, congenital malformations of the brain and skull, cerebellar disorders, brain tumours, phakomatoses, hydrocephalus, and infections. More than 2,400 images complement the text. A List of Disorders with corresponding page numbers enables readers to quickly look up a disease

Table of Contents

Techniques and Methods in Pediatric Neuroimaging 1 Normal Development of the Neonatal and Infant Brain, Skull, and Spine 17 Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders 76 Brain and Spine Injuries in Infancy and Childhood 190 Congenital Malformations of the Brain and Skull 291 The Phakomatoses 440 Intracranial, Orbital, and Neck Masses of Childhood 506 Hydrocephalus 659 Congenital Anomalies of the Spine 704 Neoplasms of the Spine 773 Infections of the Nervous System 801 Anomalies of Cerebral Vasculature: Diagnostic and Endovascular Considerations 869 Subject Index 919