Imaging of Congenital Brain Tumors

authors:

avatar Ali Hekmatnia 1 , * , avatar Reza Basiratnia 1 , avatar Maryam Farghadani 1 , avatar Rozbeh Barikbin 2 , avatar Farzaneh Hekmatnia 3 , avatar Manizheh Mottaghi 4 , avatar Farideh Naghshineh 4

Departments of Radiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran
Sepahan Medical Imaging Center
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran
MRI Unit, Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan, IR Iran

how to cite: Hekmatnia A, Basiratnia R, Farghadani M, Barikbin R, Hekmatnia F, et al. Imaging of Congenital Brain Tumors. I J Radiol. 2014;11(30th Iranian Congress of Radiology):e21392. https://doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.21392.

Abstract

Congenital brain tumors are not common in newborns but have specific signs, symptoms, and presentations. These tumors include specific types that occur in newborns and early detection and demonstration of anatomical extension of them play critical role for surgical and medical treatment of them. CT Scan and MRI play an important role for diagnosis and follow up of these patient. In this presentation, various types of congenital brain tumors, their different and specific imaging signs will be shown and characteristic classifications of them for better diagnosis will be demonstrated.

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