Infantile Hemangioma Propanolol Treatment
You may have heard that Propanolol is currently being used as treatment for some infantile hemangiomas of both types (RICH and NICH). In this presentation prepared for our weekly case conference by [...]
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This is a 2 day-old term baby with history of methotrexate exposure during first trimester as an abortion attempt. No other relevant clinical history. [...]
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This is a one month-old female with congenital hypothyroidism, hypoplasia of the thyroid gland, elevated TSH (eight times normal value), elevated FSH and LH (four times normal values), normal GH, without diabetes insipid. She is [...]
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The article “Is CT Still Useful in the Study Protocol of Retinoblastoma?“, published July 17 in the Publication Preview section of AJNR, confirms that even when high-field MRI is not available, CT can be avoided [...]
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Arterial spin labeling perfusion is becoming an important clinical tool. We find it particularly useful in children in whom it is difficult to obtain contrast enhanced MR perfusion due to the smaller size of needles [...]
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I was wondering how many sites are doing fetal MRI, and who is interpreting the images (neuroradiologists, pedi neuroradiologists, other radiologists, perinatologists, pedi neurosurgeons). If you do fetal MRI at your site (academics or private [...]
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There is a very nice article on this very uncommon malformation in AJNR 2009; 30: 113. We have only seen it in patients being screened for congenital sensorineural hearing loss. In these patients, its severity [...]
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