By Paul D. Griffiths, Martyn N.J. Paley, Elspeth H. Whitby

This reference presents an authoritative assessment of the function of ultrasonography and MR imaging applied sciences within the exam and overview of the valuable apprehensive process of the fetus and neonate. Spanning developments in fetal ultrasound, in-utero MR, the imaging of the neonatal mind, and the research of ordinary and irregular mind improvement, this consultant paints a bright photograph of the usage and improvement of imaging applied sciences in sleek prenatal and pediatric drugs.

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Failure of commissuration is found in conjunction with many of the other midline anomalies including Dandy-Walker malformation, cephalocoeles, and facial anomalies. 2. Disorders of cortical formation. Failed commissuration is often found in conjunction with the developmental cortical abnormalities outlined below, most commonly polymicrogyria and heterotopia. 2: THE SUPRATENTORIAL BRAIN 19 Figure 7. Axial T2-weighted (A) and coronal T1-weighted images (B) from an MR examination of a child with agenesis of the corpus callosum showing the bundles of Probst.

Posterior fossa malformations. AJNR 1992; 13:691–724. 8. Strand RD, Barnes PD, Young Pouissaint T, Estroff JA, Burrows PE. Cystic retrocerebellar malformations: unification of the Dandy–Walker complex and the Blake’s pouch cyst. Pediatr Radiol 1993; 23:258–260. 9. Calabro F, Arcuri T, Jinkins JR. Blake’s pouch cyst: an entity within Dandy–Walker continuum. Neuroradiology 2000; 42:290–295. 10. Nagaraja S, Wilkinson ID, Powell T, Griffiths PD. MR imaging and spectroscopy in Lhermitte-Duclos disease.

In some cases of fetal hydrocephalus a small posterior fossa forms and the later growth of the cerebellum results in tonsillar ectopia. Rhombencephalosynapsis This is a rare disorder of the cerebellum that, in our experience usually has a normalsized posterior fossa although Altman et al. describe their cases as having small posterior fossa (8). The vermis does not form but the cerebellar hemispheres are fused across the midline. As well as the cerebellar hemispheres being fused, the dentate nuclei and superior cerebellar peduncles are also fused.

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Imaging the Central Nervous System of the Fetus and Neonate by Paul D. Griffiths, Martyn N.J. Paley, Elspeth H. Whitby
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