Neuroradiology Flashcards
Myelination begins at what month of life
5th
Continuous throughout life
In a normal infant, myelination appears complete at what MR Sequence
T1
Myelination appears complete on T2 by what month of age
24
Myelination appears complete on FLAIR at what age
40 months
In term neonate, we should see T1 hyperintense myelin in what 3 parts of the brain
Deep cerebellar WM,
dorsal brainstem,
posterior limbs of internal capsules
Genu and splenium of corpus callosum are myelinated by what month of age
6 months
By what age is the appearance of white matter myelination in T1 similar to that of an adult
1 year
INTERHEMISPHERIC FALX become present with broad Sylvian fissure is seen at what fetal age
18 months
INTERHEMISPHERIC FALX = 19 - 1 = 18
More operculization of the Sylvian fissures and calcarine fissures start to form by what fetal age
22 weeks
The calcarine fissure are well formed at what fetal age
26 weeks
The temporal and frontal sulci are formed or forming by what fetal age
30 weeks
What fetal age does all the primary sulci form
34 weeks
Sylvian fissure becomes visible at what GA
16-18
Parieto-occipital fissure becomes visible at what GA
20-22
Calcarine fissure and callosal sulcus becomes visible at what GA
22-23
Central sulcus and cingular sulcus become visible at what GA
24-25
Precentral sulcus become visible by what GA
26 weeks
Post central sulcus and superior temporal sulcus becomes visible at what GA
27 weeks
Superior and inferior frontal sulci are visible at what GA
29 weeks
Inferior temporal sulcus is visible at what GA
33 weeks
All primary sulci and most secondary sulci are present at what GA
34 weeks
In complete agenesis of corpus callosum, the lateral ventricles have a parallel orientation, with posterior dilatation termed _______
Colpocephaly
What midline development abnormality demonstrates upturned anterior horns of lateral ventricle, absence of cingulate sulcus allowing the interhemispheric sulci to extend all the way to the 3rd ventricular margin with underrotation of the hippocampi—- in coronal images
Complete agenesis of corpus callosum
“Texas longhorn” appearance of lateral ventricles in coronal view can be seen in what midline abnormality
Complete agenesis of corpus callosum
Midline abnormality presenting as truncation of the anterior-posterior dimension, that can be segmental, with the callosum appearing as two separate commisures
Partial agenesis or hypogenesis of the corpus callosum
Midline abnormality that is frequently associated with interhemispheric cysts or lipomas
Partial agenesis or hypogenesis of the corpus callosum
Most common cortical development malformation associated with septo-optic dysplasia
Schizencephaly
Consist of optic nerve hypoplasia and partial or complete agenesis of septum pellucidum, dysgenesis of corpus callosum, anomalies of hypothalamic pituitary axis and malformations of cortical development, most notably schizencephaly
Septo-optic dysplasia
Encompasses a spectrum of malformations caused by abnormalities of differentiation and midline cleavage of prosencephalon during the 5th gestational week
Holoprosencephaly
Hallmarks of holoprosencephaly
- Abnormal communication of gray and/or white matter across midline
- facial dysmorphism (hypotelorism, cyclopia, ethmocephaly, cebocephaly, and midline cleft lip/palate
Complete absence of cleavage with anterior displacement of cerebral tissue into a “pancake” configuration and a large monoventricle that expands posteriorly into a dorsal cyst
Alobar holoprosencephaly
Presence of cleavage where some differentiation of posterior lateral ventricles is evident
Semilobar holoprosencephaly
Type or holoprosencephaly where the anterior falx cerebri can be partially present
Lobar holoprosencephaly
Interhemispheric variant of holoprosencephaly where there is lack of separation of the posterior frontal and parietal regions with cleavage of anterior frontal and occipital lobes
Syntelencephaly
Most commonly encountered chiari malformation
1 and 2
Rare chiari malformation, characterized by a cervico-occipital encephalocele containing posterior fossa contents
Chiari 3
Characterized by cerebellar tonsillar protrusion below the foramen magnum in the absence of an open spinal dysraphism or intracranial mass effect
Chiari 1
Degree of tonsillar descent necessary for the diagnosis of chiari 1 (McRae line)
> /= to 5mm below a line drawn from the basion to opisthion
Important finding in chiari malformation as this is the main cause of neurologic symptoms and deficits
Syringomyelia
Surgical treatment for chiari malformation
Posterior fossa decompression with suboccipital craniectomy and C1 laminectomy alone, or with the addition of duraplasty, cerebellar tonsil cautery and CSF shunting
Other associated symptoms in chiari malformation include (5)
- Abnormal morphollogy of cerebellar tonsils
- Dorsal tilt of dens
- Basilar invagination
- Platybasia
- Effacement of CSF spaces at the foramen magnum
Chiari 1 findings with open spinal dysraphism (myeloneningocele or myelocele). It can be identified on prenatal ultrasound by bifrontal concavity of the calvarium (lemon sign) and a flattened cerebellum wraping around the brainstem (banana sign)
Chiari 2
Post natal imaging findings of chiari 2 malformation (7)
- Small posterior cranial fossa with a downward sloping tentorium and herniation of the cerebellar tissue into the cervical canal
- medullary “kink” dorsal to the upper cervical spinal cord
- tectal beaking
- falx insufficiency (interdigitating hemispheric sulci)
- stenogyria
- subependymal gray matter heterotopia
- hypogenesis of corpus callosum
Chiari 2 malformation prenatal repair
Prenatal repair of myelomeningocele
Groupd of posterior fossa malformations includes a number of abnormalities characterized by varying degrees of vermian hypoplasia and malposition in association with posterior fossa cysts
Dandy walker continuum
Triad of complete or partial agenesis of the vermis, cystic dilation of fourth ventricle and an enlarged posterior fossa with upward displacement of tentorium
Classic dandy-walker malformation
Angiographic key finding to the diagnosis of dandy walker malformation
Torcular -lambdoid inversion
The hypoplastic vermis in dandy walker malformation is often rotated counterclockwise such that the tegmento-vermian angle formed by lines drawn along the brainstem and ventral vermis is ____ degrees
> 18 degrees
3 Structures to be checked in dandy walker continuum
Posterior fossa size
Vermis size
T-V angle
Embryonic structure that perforates in the first trimester to form the foramen of Magendie and foramina of Luschka
Blake pouch
Upward displacement of an otherwise normally formed cerebellar vermis
Blake pouch remnant
Blake pouch remnant is considered normal up to what AOG
20 weeks
Believed to be caused by delayed fenestration of blake pouch
Mega cisterna magna
Heterogeneous group of disorders mostly resulting from mutations of genes encoding ciliary proteins
Joubert Syndrome and related disorders
These patients have episodes of irregular breathing during infancy (panting or laughing respirations) with oculomotor apraxia
Joubert syndrome
Classic neuroimaging findings incluse vermian hypoplasia and “molar tooth sign”, where the thickening and elongation of the superior cerebellar peduncles resemble the root of an extracted molar tooth, hypoplasia or absence of lower brainstem nuclei, polydactyly, colobomas and polycystic kidneys
Joubert syndrome
Incomplete separation of the cerebellar hemispheres in association with partial or complete absence of the vermis
Rhombencephalosynapsis
Up to 65% of patients with rhombencephalosynapsis has coexisting _____
Aqueductal stenosis
MR imaging of this entity shows transversely oriented continuous folia and flattened fastigial recess causes by atleast partial absence of cerebellar vermis
Rhombencephalosynapsis
Three components of cortical development malformations
Disturbances of cellular proliferation, cellular migration and/or cortical organization
Most severe manifestation of decreased cellular proliferation in which there is near-complete absence of the sulci and gyri with marked microcephaly
Microlissencephaly
Milder phenotype of microlissencephaly where the brain is smaller than normal, with a reduced number of simple appearing gyri
Microcephaly with simplified gyral pattern
Hamartomatous overgrowrh of part or all of a cerebral hemisphere
Hemimegalencephaly
Appears as paradoxically enlarged lateral ventricle, thickened and ill-defined cortixal ribbon and mineralization and neuronal heterotopia causing “white matter” to appear prematurely myelinated
Hemimegalencephaly
Treatment of choice for hemimegalencephaly
Functional hemispherotomy (surgical disconnection of the entire affected hemisphere)