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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 section Introduces each disease as an unknown, progresses through the patient workup, and ends with the final diagnosis Highlights clinical and imaging pearls, pitfalls, and differential diagnoses for every case Emphasizes guidelines for radiologic interpretation across a diverse array of pediatric neurologic disorders Over 1,000 images represent the collective knowledge and expertise of internationally recognized neurologists and neuroradiologists An 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

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Author:   Hugo A. Arroyo (Pediatric Neurology, Honorary Consultant. Former Head Pediatric Neurology Department, Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr. Juan P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina) ,  Alcy R. Torres (Director Pediatric Brain Injury Program, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Boston University Chovanian and Avedisian School of Medicine , Boston, MA, USA) ,  Jorge Vidaurre ,  Carlos Rugilo (Hospital de Pediatria J P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Churchill Livingstone
Weight:   0.830kg
ISBN:  

9780443287220

ISBN 10:   0443287228
Pages:   450
Publication Date:   16 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table 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

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Hugo A. Arroyo, MD. Pediatric Neurologist and Honorary Consultant; former Head of the Pediatric Neurology Department at Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr. Juan P Garrahan in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Alcy R. Torres, MD, is Director of the Pediatric Brain Injury Program and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine (Boston, MA, USA). Jorge Vidaurre, MD, is Director of the Neurophysiology Lab at Nationwide Children's Hospital; he is also Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine (Columbus, OH, USA). Carlos Rugilo, MD, is a neuroradiologist at Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr. Juan P Garrahan in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mai-Lan Ho, MD, is Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology at University of Missouri (Columbia, MO, USA).

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