Radiologic features of pediatric thalamic and hypothalamic tumors.
A variety of histologic subtypes of tumor may affect the thalamus and the hypothalamus in the pediatric population. These tumors have radiologic features that are useful in predicting pathology. We discuss the radiologic findings of childhood thalamic and hypothalamic tumors and provide imaging examples.
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Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10128, USA.
Pinto
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Silvera
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DeLara
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Schwartz
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Haller
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D018237:Germinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D017599:Neuroectodermal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications; D020339:Optic Nerve Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D015173:Supratentorial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013788:Thalamus; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005682:Gadolinium