title: Pediatric Cerebellar Tumors: Emerging Imaging Techniques and Advances in Understanding of Genetic Features.
abstract: Cerebellar tumors are the most common group of solid tumors in children. MR imaging provides an important role in characterization of these lesions, surgical planning, and postsurgical surveillance. Preoperative imaging can help predict the histologic subtype of tumors, which can provide guidance for surgical planning. Beyond histology, pediatric brain tumors are undergoing new classification schemes based on genetic features. Intraoperative MR imaging has emerged as an important tool in the surgical management of pediatric brain tumors. Effective understanding of the imaging features of pediatric cerebellar tumors can benefit communication with neurosurgeons and neuro-oncologists and can improve patient management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 848 Adams Ave, Memphis, TN 38103, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 847 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 930 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163, USA; Le Bonheur Neuroscience Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, 848 Adams Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103, USA. Electronic address: achoudhri@uthsc.edu.
authors.forename: Asim F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Choudhri
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 848 Adams Ave, Memphis, TN 38103, USA; Le Bonheur Neuroscience Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, 848 Adams Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103, USA.
authors.forename: Adeel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 847 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163, USA; Le Bonheur Neuroscience Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, 848 Adams Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103, USA; Division of Neurosurgery, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; Semmes Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute, 6325 Humphreys Boulevard, Memphis, TN 38120, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klimo
mesh_terms: D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Brain tumor; Cerebellum; Ependymoma; Medulloblastoma; Neuroradiology; Pediatric radiology; Pilocytic astrocytoma