title: Imaging in children presenting with acute neurological deficit: paediatric stroke mimics.
abstract: Stroke mimics refer to conditions manifesting with neurologic deficits without underlying cerebrovascular diseases. Major causes in the paediatric population under this category include infections, inflammation, demyelination, neoplasm, drug related, phacomatosis, and miscellaneous disorders. These conditions and their respective imaging findings are briefly discussed here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Darshana D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Rasalkar
authors.forename: Winnie C W
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011042:Poisons / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D011042:Poisons