Pediatric Neurology

Hugo A. Arroyo, MD. Pediatric Neurologist and Honorary Consultant; former Head of the Pediatric Neurology Department at Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr. Juan P Garrahan in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Alcy R. Torres, MD, is Director of the Pediatric Brain Injury Program and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine (Boston, MA, USA). Jorge Vidaurre, MD, is Director of the Neurophysiology Lab at Nationwide Children's Hospital; he is also Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine (Columbus, OH, USA). Carlos Rugilo, MD, is a neuroradiologist at Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr. Juan P Garrahan in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mai-Lan Ho, MD, is Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology at University of Missouri (Columbia, MO, USA).

• SECTION 1 Headache1. When Sinuses Are the Cause of a Headache2. The Brain Also Suffers From Obesity3. When the Hindbrain Causes Headache4. The Brain Also Faints5. The Worst Headache of My Life6. Not All Hemiparesis Is a Stroke7. Children Can Also Have MicrostrokesSECTION 2 Neonatal Neurology8. Full-Term Infant With Seizure9. Preterm Infant With Ventricular Dilation10. Infants Can Have Strokes Too11. Preterm Infant With HypotoniaSECTION 3 Cerebral Palsy12. My Baby Is Left-Handed13. The Infant With Asymmetric Posture14. Return to the Perinatal History15. Pay Attention to Preterm BabiesSECTION 4 Epilepsy16. Ironing Out the Cause of Seizures17. Long-Term Epilepsy-Associated Tumors18. Focus on the Etiology19. Skin Is the Window to the Brain20. Secondary SeizuresSECTION 5 Central Nervous System Vascular Disease21. Postinfectious Stroke22. Hidden Impact23. From Heart to Brain24. Asymmetric Worsening25. Remember the Veins26. Boy in the Barrel27. High Flow, High PainSECTION 6 Neurodegenerative Diseases28. A Child Who Drops Very Quickly in His School Performance29. Head Circumference Is Increasing While the Child Is Deteriorating30. The Infant Who Loses Ambulation31. Child With Nystagmus, Dystonia, and Developmental Failure32. Infant With Brittle Hair, Seizures, and Neurological DeteriorationSECTION 7 Neurometabolic Disorders33. Widened Sylvian Fissures and Basal Ganglia34. Intramyelinic Edema in Infancy35. Stroke-Like Episodes36. Severe Neonatal Communicating HydrocephalusSECTION 8 Neuroinfections in Childhood37. Limbic Encephalitis: A Double Hit38. Complications of the Pandemic39. Parasites in the Brain40. Endemic Infection: Lying in Wait41. Cerebral MalariaSECTION 9 Pediatric Brain Tumors42. Posterior Fossa Emergency43. Sticky in the Sella44. Midline Menace45. Temporal Trouble46. Jumping Into OrbitSECTION 10 Other Autoimmune Disorders47. Insult to the Deep Grey Nuclei48. Inflammatory Emesis49. Postinfectious Ataxia50. Progressive HemiseizuresSECTION 11 Demyelinating Diseases of the Central Nervous System51. When the Central Nervous System Loses Color52. Altered Mentation and Myelitis53. When the Spinal Cord Takes Off Its Coat54. When Emotional Lability Is Not Psychiatric55. Recurrent DiscoordinationSECTION 12 Neurocutaneous Syndromes56. Spots Here, There, and Everywhere57. Café au Lait: Tip of the Iceberg58. Mysteries of the Hairless Plaque59. Port-Wine and the BrainSECTION 13 Traumatic Brain Injury60. Buckle Up!61. The Eyes Have It62. Severe TBI: What Is the Outlook?63. Moderate TBI: How to Tell?64. Penetrating Injury65. Pedestrian Struck66. The Dreaded Epidural67. Spectrum of Subdurals68. The Killer BedSECTION 14 Movement Disorders and Ataxia69. Ataxic and Metallic70. Yellow and Drooling71. Acute Hemichorea and More72. Eye of the Tiger73. Boxed InSECTION 15 Neurologic Complications of Systemic Diseases74. White Matter Climate Change75. When Kidneys and Brain Cry76. Brain Changes Under Pressure77. Tell Me How You Eat and I Will Tell You How You Walk78. Sickle Cell Disease, Brain, Skull, and Bones