Pediatrics

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Pediatrics
Hydrocephalus/CSF

Hydrocephalus associated with myelomeningocoele

Intraventricular hemorrhage

Aqueductal stenosis

Dandy Walker syndrome

Acquired (tumor, infection, hemorrhage)

Ventricular shunt – complication management

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy +/- choroid plexus cauterization

Anatomy

Embryology

Neuropore closure (timing)

ETV anatomy

Floor of the fourth ventricle

Tumor

Astrocytoma

Optic pathway glioma

Diffuse midline glioma (DMG) and DIPG

Pediatric hemispheric high grade glioma

Pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA)

Tectal glioma

DNET

Ganglioglioma

Medulloblastoma

Radiology

Histology/molecular subtypes

Variability adjuvant treatments as a function of subtype of tumor and the extent of resection

Ependymoma

Radiology

Histology/molecular subtypes

Surgical and adjuvant management

Management (CPP, central neurocytoma, ependymoma)

Choroid plexus tumors

Surgical management

Craniopharyngioma

Radiology

Histology

Surgical management

Complications

Pituitary tumors / Rathke’s cleft cysts

Cushing disease

Acromegaly/gigantism

Diagnosis/work-up

Prolactinoma management

Surgical management

Pineal region

Germ cell tumor markers

Surgical management

AT/RT

Neurocutaneous syndromes (phakomatoses)

VHL and hemangioblastoma

NF1

NF2

Tuberous sclerosis

Lhermitte-Duclos, PTEN hamartoma syndrome

Dermoid and epidermoid tumors

Radiological diagnosis

Surgical management

Skull lesions

Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis (LCH) and eosinophilic granuloma

Dermoid/epidermoid cyst

Congenital

Craniosynostosis

Syndromic (Apert’s versus Crouzon’s)

Non-syndromic

Surgical management (endoscopic vs open)

Positional plagiocephaly and brachycephaly

Chiari I

Presentation and imaging

Management

Encephalocele

Frontonasal

Occipital

Schizencephaly vs porencephaly

Midline disorders (agenesis of corpus callosum, etc)

Genetic syndromes

Tay Sachs (leukodystrophies)

Muscular dystrophy

Mitochondrial syndromes

Trauma

Skull fracture

Growing skull fracture/leptomeningeal cyst

Epidural hematoma

Subdural hematoma

Diffuse axonal injury (DAI)

ICP management

Parameters/CPP

Medications

Hemicraniectomy

Critical care management

Spinal cord injury management

NAT (non-accidental trauma)

Work-up/management

Concussion

Functional/epilepsy

Epilepsy surgery

Etiology (lesional vs non-lesional)

Medical management

Drug resistant epilepsy

Surgical diagnosis

Stereoencephalography (SEEG)

Grid and strip electrodes

Resective epilepsy surgery

Medical temporal sclerosis and anterior temporal lobectomy

Hemispherectomy and Rasmussen’s

Non-resection epilepsy surgery

Vagus nerve stimulator (VNS)

Deep brain stimulation (DBS)

Corpus callosotomy

Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT)

Spasticity

Selective dorsal rhizotomy and selective neurectomies

Technique

Monitoring

Complications

Intrathecal baclofen pump

Indications

Technique

Complications

Deep brain stimulation (DBS)

Cerebrovascular

Ischemic stroke

Moya moya syndrome

Diagnosis

Surgical management

Cavernous malformation

Multiple cavernoma syndrome

Aneurysms

Surgery

Endovascular

Vein of Galen aneurysm

Presentation

Endovascular treatment

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)

Diagnosis

Treatment

Surgical resection

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)

Spine

Syndromes

Scheuermann syndrome

Klippel Feil

Tethered cord syndrome/fatty filum

Down syndrome

Craniocervical junction

Basilar invagination

Os odontoideum

Congenital vertebral anomalies

Split cord malformation

Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis

Hemivertebrae and segmentation anomalies

Vertebrae plana, eosinophilic granuloma

Dysraphism

Myelomeningocele

Fetal surgery

Chiari II

Lipomyelomeningocele

Dermal sinus tract

Infections

Spinal and intracranial abscess

TORCH infections

Subdural empyema

Neurocysticercosis

Tuberculosis

Pott’s disease of spine

Ethics

Decision-making

Informing children

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