Pediatrics

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Pediatrics
Hydrocephalus/CSF

Hydrocephalus associated with myelomeningocoele

Intraventricular hemorrhage

Aqueductal stenosis

Dandy Walker syndrome

Acquired (tumor, infection, hemorrhage)

Shunt – complication management

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy

Post Infectious cysts (subependymal)

Anatomy

Embryology

Neuropore closure (timing)

ETV anatomy

Tumor

Astrocytoma

Optic pathway glioma

DIPG v exophytic brainstem glioma

Juvenile pilocystic astrocytoma (JPA)

Tectal glioma

Others (subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, gangliocytoma)

Medulloblastoma

Radiology

Histology/molecular

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

Ependymoma

Radiology

Histology

Surgical management

Intraventricular tumor differential

Management (CPP, central neurocytoma, ependymoma)

Craniopharyngioma

Radiology

Histology

Surgical management

Complications

Pituitary tumors / cysts

Cushing disease

Acromegaly/gigantism

Diagnosis/work-up

Surgical management

Pineal region

Embryonal tumors (differential, diagnosis, management)

PNET/neuroblastoma

AT/RT

Developmental tumor:

DNET

Ganglioglioma

Lhermitte duclos

Neurocutaneous syndromes (phakomatoses)

Types

VHL and hemangioblastoma

NF1

NF2

Tuberous sclerosis

Diagnosis/treatment

Eosinophillic granolomatosis, Wegener’s vasculitis, and other inflammatory conditions

Meningioma: diagnosis, histopathology, treatment

Oligodendroglioma: diagnosis, histopathology, treatment

Congenital

Craniosynostosis

Syndromic

Non-syndromic

Surgery (endoscopic vs open)

Plagiocephaly: diagnosis, management

Chiari syndromes: presentation, imaging, management

Encephalocoeles/dermoid/epidermoid

Schizencephaly vs porencephaly

Midline disorders (agenesis of corpus callosum, etc.…)

Genetic syndromes

Tay Sachs (leukodystrophies)

Muscular dystrophy

Mitochondrial syndromes

Fetal surgery

Trauma

Skull fracture

Epidural hematoma

Subdural hematoma

Diffuse axonal injury (DAI)

ICP management

Parameters/CPP

Medications

Hemicraniectomy

Critical care management

Spinal injury

NAT (non-accidental trauma); work-up/management

Concussion

Functional/epilepsy

Epilepsy surgery

Etiologies (lesional vs non-lesional)

Diagnosis

Resective

Medical temporal sclerosis and anterior temporal lobectomy

Hemispherectomy and Rasmussen

Non-resection epilepsy

VNS

DBS

CC

LITT

Medical management

Spasticity

Selective dorsal rhizotomy and selective neurectomies

Technique

Monitoring

Complications

Intrathecal pump

Indications

Technique

Complications

Congenital dystonia

DBS

Cerebrovascular

Stroke

Moyamoya

Cavernous malformation

Aneurysms

Surgery

Endovascular

Vein of Galen aneurysm

Presentation

Endovascular treatment

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)

Diagnosis

Treatment

Spine

Syndromes

Scheuermann syndrome

Klippel Feil

Tethered cord

Down syndrome

Craniocervical junction

Basilar invagination

Os odontoideum

Congenital vertebral anomalies

Diastematomyelia

Scoliosis/degenerative

Lipomyelomeningocoele

Myelomeningocele

Eosinophilic granuloma

Tumors

Infectious disease

Abscess

Dermal sinus tract

TORCH infections

Subdural empyema

Neurocysticercosis

Tuberculosis

Ethics

Decision-making

Informing children

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