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Neuroimaging of Pediatric Intracranial Infection—Part 1: Techniques and Bacterial Infections
Author(s) -
Nickerson Joshua P.,
Richner Beat,
Santy Ky,
Lequin Maarten H.,
Poretti Andrea,
Filippi Christopher G.,
Huisman Thierry A.G.M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00700.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventriculitis , neuroimaging , magnetic resonance imaging , empyema , subdural empyema , radiology , diffusion mri , susceptibility weighted imaging , brain abscess , meningitis , abscess , epidural abscess , pathology , hydrocephalus , surgery , psychiatry
Conventional and advanced neuroimaging have become central to the diagnosis of infectious diseases of the pediatric central nervous system. Imaging modalities used by (pediatric) neuroradiologists include cranial ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, including advanced techniques such as diffusion weighted or tensor imaging, perfusion weighted imaging, susceptibility weighted imaging, and 1 H magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In this first of a two part review, imaging techniques in general and the imaging findings of bacterial infections of the intracranial compartment including epidural empyema, subdural empyema, meningitis, cerebritis, cerebral abscess, and pyogenic intraventricular empyema (ventriculitis) are discussed. J Neuroimaging 2012;22:e42–e51.