Diagnostic approach to macrocephaly in children

A Accogli, AF Geraldo, G Piccolo, A Riva… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Macrocephaly affects up to 5% of the pediatric population and is defined as an abnormally
large head with an occipitofrontal circumference (OFC)> 2 standard deviations (SD) above …

Bilateral lesions of the basal ganglia and thalami (central grey matter)—pictorial review

S Van Cauter, M Severino, R Ammendola… - Neuroradiology, 2020 - Springer
The basal ganglia and thalami are paired deep grey matter structures with extensive
metabolic activity that renders them susceptible to injury by various diseases. Most …

Macrocephaly: solving the diagnostic dilemma

AP Tan, K Mankad, FG Gonçalves… - Topics in Magnetic …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Macrocephaly is a relatively common clinical condition affecting up to 5% of the pediatric
population. It is defined as an abnormally large head with an occipitofrontal circumference …

Glutaric aciduria type 1

A Vijan, P Khoshpouri, AN Murphy, F Gala - RadioGraphics, 2023 - pubs.rsna.org
Figure 1. Medical illustration shows the pathogenesis and key imaging manifestations of
GA1.(A) GCDH gene mutations on chromosome 19 cause a deficiency in the glutaryl Co-A …

Oxidative damage in glutaric aciduria type I patients and the protective effects of l‐carnitine treatment

G Guerreiro, J Faverzani, CED Jacques… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The deficiency of the enzyme glutaryl‐CoA dehydrogenase, known as glutaric acidemia type
I (GA‐I), leads to the accumulation of glutaric acid (GA) and glutarilcarnitine (C5DC) in the …

Systematic approach to pediatric macrocephaly

J Huang, A Sarma, S Little, S Pruthi - RadioGraphics, 2023 - pubs.rsna.org
Macrocephaly, defined as a head circumference greater than 2 standard deviations above
the mean, is a relatively common presenting symptom in the pediatric population at routine …

Inherited metabolic causes of stroke in children: mechanisms, types, and management

B Tabarki, W Hakami, N Alkhuraish… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A stroke should be considered in cases of neurologic decompensation associated with
inherited metabolic disorders. A resultant stroke could be a classical ischemic stroke …

The “crab sign”: an imaging feature of spinocerebellar ataxia type 48

S Cocozza, G Pontillo, G De Michele, T Perillo… - Neuroradiology, 2020 - Springer
Purpose A new form of autosomal dominant hereditary spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) has
been recently described (SCA48), and here we investigate its conventional MRI findings to …

Toxic‐Metabolic Neurologic Disorders in Children: A Neuroimaging Review

M Kontzialis, TAGM Huisman - Journal of Neuroimaging, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There are multiple causes of neurotoxicity in children including medications, extrinsic toxins
and insults, illicit drugs, built up of toxic metabolites due to genetic or acquired disorders …

Sensorineural Hearing Loss in a Child with Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency

M Parezanović, N Ilić, S Ostojić, G Stevanović… - Balkan Journal of …, 2023 - sciendo.com
Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency is a rare autosomal-recessive
disorder of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) metabolism, resulting in accumulation of …