Syrinx reduction due to spontaneous spinal cord tear: demonstration on 3 T MRI and review of the literature.

A holocord syringomyelia due to Chiari 1.5 malformation (CM) in a 12-year-old girl was serially imaged with 3 T MRI over 4 years. The serial MRI showed reduction in size of the syrinx, without any surgical intervention or CM improvement, but rather due to spontaneous spinal cord tear.

Thalamic and dentate nucleus abnormalities in the brain of children with Gaucher disease.

Gaucher disease (GD) represents the most common lysosomal storage defect. It is classified into three phenotypes: type 1 non-neuronopathic, type 2 acute neuronopathic, and type 3 subacute/chronic neuronopathic. Although children affected by GD may present with a broad spectrum of neurological signs, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings are usually normal or non-specific.

Pediatric astrocytic tumor grading: comparison between arterial spin labeling and dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI perfusion.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare arterial spin labeling (ASL) and dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) MRI perfusion with respect to diagnostic performance in tumor grading in pediatric patients with low- and high-grade astrocytic tumors (AT).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 37 children with histologically proven treatment naive low- and high-grade AT who underwent concomitant pre-operative ASL and DSC MRI perfusion. Studies were performed on a 1.