Topics covered:
- Normal myelination.
- Hypoxic Ishemic Encephalopathy.
- Dysmelinating and demyelinating disorders.
- Approach to dysmyelinating disorders depending on
- Involvement of grey matter / white matter or both
- Central/ Peripheral involvement.
- Enhancement pattern
- Symmetrical involvement.
- Head size.
- Systemic involvement.
- Important disorders are covered with typical imaging findings.
- Check out the Atlas of normal myelination in neonates on our anatomy page.
- Go through this excellent Imaging flowchart from the AJR article titled here.
Click here to to read an excellent presentation on Normal Myelination by Fang Yu 1 M.D., Michael Wang 1 M.D., Kiran Sargar 2 M.D., Yutaka Sato 3 M.D., Achint K. Singh 1 M.D. 1: University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.
Resources:
- Normal MR Imaging Anatomy of Brain.
- AJR : Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Combining Clinical and Radiologic Clues to Solve the Mystery
- RSNA : Leukodystrophy in Children A Pictorial Review of MR Imaging Features.
- Barkovich Pediatric Neuroimaging
Last Updated on June 3, 2020
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About the Author
Dr. Amar Udare, MD, DNB
Dr. Amar Udare is a board-certified radiologist. He is currently working as a fellow radiologist at McMaster University, Canada. He has a passion for teaching (#FOAMrad and #FOAMed) and has been a semi-finalist for the 2018 and 2020 Aunt-Minnie Most effective Radiology Educator Awards. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications which can be accessed on PubMed and Google Scholar.