Cerebellar Disorders in Children

Eugen Boltshauser, Jeremy Schmahmann

• Publisher: Mac Keith Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781907655012
• eBook ISBN:
  9781907655012
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Neurology

This comprehensive clinically orientated text by an international group of experts is the first definitive reference book on disorders of the cerebellum in children. An invaluable resource for all those caring for children affected by cerebellar disorders, it presents a wealth of practical clinical experience backed up by a strong scientific basis for the information and guidance given.The first part sets out the theoretical underpinnings of cerebellar disorders. This is followed by sections on clinical conditions grouped according to common characteristics such as aetiology and symptomatology. The descriptions of the clinical conditions each systematically cover, as appropriate, epidemiology, prevalence, diagnostic criteria, clinical features (including course and prognosis), pathophysiology, genetics, investigations, differential diagnosis, and management and treatment.The book includes chapters on cerebellar development, prenatal cerebellar imaging, imaging of the posterior fossa, with coverage of a broad range of malformations, genetic and metabolic disorders involving the cerebellum, prenatal cerebellar disruptions (as related to prematurity), vascular disorders, tumors and paraneoplastic syndromes, as well as acute ataxia and trauma to the posterior fossa. Numerous checklists are provided to assist in the differential diagnosis of clinical signs and neuroimaging findings.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• AUTHORS’ APPOINTMENTS
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• About the Editors
• Part 1: Cerebellar Development
• 1 Cerebellar Development
• Part 2: Cerebellar Anatomy and Functions
• 2 Essential Anatomy of the Cerebellum andRelated Structures
• 3 Approach to the Neurological Examination ofChildren with Cerebellar Disorders
• 4 Impairments of Cognition and Emotion inChildren with Cerebellar Disorders: An Approachto Recognition, Evaluation, and Treatment
• Part 3: Imaging of the Cerebellum
• 5 Prenatal Cerebellar Imaging
• 6 Neuroimaging of the Posterior Fossa
• Part 4: Malformations
• 7 Cerebellar Agenesis
• 8 Cerebellar Hypoplasia
• 9 Nonprogressive Congenital Ataxia
• 10 Dandy-Walker Malformation
• 11 Joubert Syndrome and Related Disorders
• 12 Chiari Type I Malformation
• 13 Chiari Type II Malformation
• 14 Cerebellar Dysplasia
• 15 Cerebellar Cysts and Neuroimaging inCongenital Muscular Dystrophies
• 16 Rhombencephalosynapsis andGómez-López-Hernández Syndrome
• 17 Macrocerebellum
• 18 Hemicerebellar Megalencephaly
• 19 Brainstem Disconnection
• 20 Pontine Tegmental Cap Dysplasia
• 21 Brainstem Malformations Associated withCerebellar Abnormalities
• 22 Posterior Fossa Cysts and Cyst-like Malformations(Blake’s Pouch Cyst, Arachnoid Cysts, andMega Cisterna Magna)
• Part 5: Genetic and Metabolic Disorders
• 23 Pontocerebellar Hypoplasias
• 24 Autosomal Dominant Spinocerebellar Ataxias
• 25 X-linked Cerebellar Disorders
• 26 Recessive Ataxias
• 27 Ataxia in Metabolic and White Matter Disorders
• 28 The Episodic Ataxias
• 29 Neurocutaneous Syndromes withCerebellar Involvement
• Part 6: Cerebellar Disruptions
• 30 Prenatal Cerebellar Disruptions
• 31 Cerebellar Injury in the Preterm Infant
• Part 7: Vascular Disorders, Tumours, andParaneoplastic Cerebellar Syndromes
• 32 Vascular Disorders of the Posterior Fossa
• 33 Posterior Fossa Tumours
• 34 Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Syndromes:Neurodegeneration in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
• 35 Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration inPediatric Hodgkin Disease
• Part 8: Acute Ataxia
• 36 Acute Ataxia: Epidemiology andDifferential Diagnosis
• 37 Acute Inflammatory Diseases of the Cerebellum
• 38 Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome
• 39 Acute Ataxia: Other Causes
• Part 9: Extrinsic Insults
• 40 Trauma to the Posterior Fossa
• 41 Toxic Agents
• 42 Gluten Ataxia
• Checklists
• Index
• Colour Plate