Pediatrics Flashcards
1
Q
Gracile bones
(NIMROD)
A
Neurofibromatosis
Immobilization / Paralysis
Muscular dystrophy (polio)
RA
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Dysplasias (Marfan, homocysteinuria)
2
Q
Cystic Posterior Fossa Lesion in Peds
A
Exactly CSF like:
Mega Cisterna Magna / Arachnoid cyst / Dandy Walker
Trapped 4th ventricle / perivascular space, neuroglial / ependymal cyst.
Not exactly CSF like signal:
Intra axial:
Congenital inclusion cyst (neuroenteric)
Neoplasm (Pilocytic astro, hemangioblastoma, mets)
Infection (Abscess, Cysticercosis-with dot)
Extraaxial:
Congenital inclusion cyst (Epi / dermoid)
Neoplasm (mets, chordoma-highT2, cystic schwanoma)