By F. E. Avni, F. Rypens, M. Cassart (auth.), Fred Avni (eds.)

This ebook is a distinct source that may aid pediatric radiologists, pediatricians, and pediatric endocrinologists to optimize the work-up and remedy of pediatric sufferers with endocrine problems. Acclaimed specialists within the box current and speak about the imaging findings acquired in issues of some of the endocrine structures, together with the hypothalamo-pituitary axis, the thyroid and parathyroids, the adrenals, and the pancreas. special recommendation is additionally supplied at the review of bone progress and on imaging of the fetal glands, ambiguous genitalia, and the feminine pelvis within the context of precocious puberty. all through, care is taken to focus on attribute findings and diagnostic clues. all the at the moment used imaging thoughts are lined, with transparent rationalization in their advantages and boundaries. The informative textual content is supported by way of a wealth of high quality illustrations, the big majority of them in color.

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2000). The natural history of idiopathic CDI with pituitary stalk thickening is unpredictable, and can be the first manifestation of a germinoma. Sampling of HCG in serum will be repeated every 3–6 months during the first 3 years after the onset of CDI, and careful MRI evaluation should then be performed once per year for 2 years and every 2–5 years, thereafter depending on the size and progression of the lesion (Garel and Leger 2007). On MRI, with sagittal or axial T1weighted images, the loss of the posterior pituitary bright spot is a sensitive marker for CDI.

Ultrasonography..................................................................... Magnetic Resonance Imaging ............................................... Nuclear Medicine .................................................................. 41 41 42 43 3 Radiopharmaceuticals to Image the Thyroid Gland ...... 43 4 Radiopharmaceuticals to Image the Parathyroid Glands ............................................................. Abbreviations 44 Thyroid Gland......................................................................

2011). Hyperthyroidism due to TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas is a very rare disorder in childhood (Nakayama et al. 2010). 2 Craniopharyngioma Craniopharyngiomas are benign epithelial tumors accounting for 5–13 % of all intracranial neoplasms in the pediatric age group. These tumors arise from remnants of the craniopharyngeal duct: they may arise anywhere along the infundibular stalk from the floor of the third ventricle to the pituitary gland. They may be intrasellar (25 % of cases), suprasellar, or a combination of both (Morana et al.

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