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Table of Contents
Part 1 Brain
Section 1 Disorders of Brain Development
Subsection 1.1 Disorders of Neural Tube Closure and Diverticulation
1 Anencephaly
2 Cephalocele
3 Atretic Cephalocele
4 Holoprosencephaly
Subsection 1.2 Disorders of Corpus Callosum and Septum Pellucidum
5 Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
6 Septo-optic Dysplasia
7 Cavum Septi Pellucidi and Cavum Vergae
Subsection 1.3 Disorders of Neuronal Migration
8 Lissencephaly
9 Polymicrogyria
10 Gray Matter Heterotopia
11 Schizencephaly
Subsection 1.4 Chiari Malformation
12 Chiari I Malformation
13 Chiari II Malformation
Subsection 1.5 Disorders of the Posterior Fossa
14 Rhombencephalosynapsis
15 Joubert Malformation
16 Dandy-Walker Malformation
17 Mega Cisterna Magna
Subsection 1.6 Disorders of the Pituitary Gland
18 Pituitary Aplasia
19 Pituitary Duplication
20 Posterior Pituitary Ectopia
Subsection 1.7 Miscellaneous Disorders
21 Persistent Open Anterior Fontanelle
22 Porencephaly
23 Hydranencephaly
24 Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Section 2 Disorders of the Perinatal Period
25 Cephalhematoma
26 Caput Succedaneum and Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage
27 Periventricular Leukomalacia
28 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
29 Kernicterus
30 TORCH infections
Section 3 Metabolic and Neurodegenerative Diseases of Childhood
Subsection 3.1 Gray Matter Disorders
31 Hallervorden-Spatz Disease
32 Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy
Subsection 3.2 White Matter Disorders
33 Alexander's Disease
34 Canavan Disease
35 Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease
Subsection 3.3 Inborn Errors of Intermediary Metabolism
36 Propionic Acidemia
37 Glutaric Aciduria Type 1
Subsection 3.4 Lysosomal Diseases
38 Fabry Disease
39 Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
40 Krabbe Disease
41 Mucopolysaccharidoses
Subsection 3.5 Mitochondrial Diseases & Peroxisomal Diseases
42 Kearns-Sayre Syndrome
43 MELAS
44 Leigh Syndrome
45 Classic X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy
Section 4 Phakomatoses/Neurocutaneous syndromes
46 Neurofibromatosis Type 1
47 Neurofibromatosis Type 2
48 Tuberous Sclerosis
49 Sturge-Weber Syndrome
50 Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
51 Ataxia Telangiectasia
52 Neurocutaneous Melanosis
Section 5 Seizures
53 Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
54 Hemimegalencephaly
55 Focal Cortical Dysplasia of Taylor
56 Epileptogenic Focus
57 Status Epilepticus
Section 6 Intracranial Trauma
58 Non-accidental Trauma
59 Depressed Skull Fracture
60 Growing Skull Fracture
61 Pneumolabyrinth Secondary to Trauma
62 Epidural Hematoma
63 Subdural Hematoma
64 Contusion
65 Coup-contre-coup Injuries
66 Diffuse Axonal Injury
Section 7 Intracranial Vascular Malformations: Congenital and Acquired
Subsection 7.1 Arterial malformations
67 Carotid Agenesis
68 Persistent Trigeminal Artery
69 Familial Intracranial Aneurysm
70 Saccular Aneurysm
71 Mycotic Aneurysm
72 Dolichoectasia of Basilar Artery
73 Moya Moya Disease
74 Carotid Artery Dissection
75 Carotid Artery Stenosis
76 Fibromuscular Dysplasia
77 Subclavian Steal Phenomenon
78 Arteriovenous Malformation
79 Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
Subsection 7.2 Venous and other vascular malformations
80 Developmental Venous Anomaly
81 Cavernous Angioma
82 Cavernous Hemangioma of Septum Pellucidum
83 Familial Cavernous Angiomas
84 Capillary Telangiectasias
85 Arachnoid Granulations in Venous Sinuses
86 Venous Sinus Thrombosis
87 Cortical Vein Thrombosis
88 Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
89 Vein of Galen Malformation
Section 8 Stroke
90 Acute Arterial Infarction
91 Chronic Arterial Infarction
92 Lacunar Infarction
93 Watershed Infarction
94 Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome
95 Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL)
96 Vasculitis
97 Bechet's Syndrome
98 Global Anoxic Injury
99 Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
100 Venous Infarction
101 Brain Death
Section 9 Intracranial Hemorrhage
Subsection 9.1 Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage
102 Intraparenchymal Hematoma, Benign vs Malignant
103 Hemorrhagic Conversion of Infarction
104 Hypertensive Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage
105 Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
106 Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage
Subsection 9.2 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
107 Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
108 Non-aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
109 Superficial Siderosis
Section 10 Hydrocephalus and Pneumocephalus
110 Medial diverticulum of Lateral Ventricle
111 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
112 Non-communicating Hydrocephalus
113 Shunt-related Complications
114 Tension Pneumocephalus
Section 11 Demyelinating Diseases
115 Multiple Sclerosis
116 Neuromyelitis Optica
117 Tumefactive Demyelinating Lesion
118 Susac's Syndrome
119 Marchiafava-Bignami Disease
120 Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
121 Acute hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis
Section 12 Skull Lesions (Non-neoplastic)
122 Craniosynostosis
123 Bilateral Parietal Thinning
Section 13 Intracranial Tumors
Subsection 13.1 Tumors (and Tumor-Like Lesions) of the Scalp, Skull and Cranial nerves
124 Scalp Metastasis
125 Fibrous Dysplasia
126 Paget's Disease
127 Osteoma
128 Calvarial Hemangioma
129 Intradiploic Epidermoid
130 Ecchordosis Physaliphora
131 Clival Chordoma
132 Chondrosarcoma
133 Neuroblastoma Metastasis
134 Intraosseous Meningioma
135 Calvarial Metastasis
136 Schwannoma
137 Facial Nerve Hemangioma
138 Perineural Spread of Tumor
Subsection 13.2 Tumors (and Tumor-like Lesions) of the meninges
139 Intracranial Meningioma
140 Intracranial Lipoma
141 Hemangiopericytoma
142 Meningeal (Dura and Leptomeningeal) Metastasis
143 Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis
Subsection 13.3 Lymphoma and Germ Cell Tumors
144 Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
145 AIDS-Related Lymphoma
146 Secondary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
147 Intravascular Lymphoma
148 Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
149 Granulocytic Sarcoma
150 Germinoma
151 Teratoma
Subsection 13.4 Tumors (and Tumor-like Lesions) of the Sella and Suprasellar compartment
152 Pituitary Microadenoma
153 Diabetes Insipidus
154 Pituitary Macroadenoma
155 Pituitary Apoplexy
156 Pituitary Carcinoma
157 Rathke Cleft Cyst
158 Sella Miscellaneous: Sheehan's syndrome
159 Craniopharyngioma
160 Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of Pituitary Stalk
161 Lymphoc