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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
There are no MRI findings associated with [disease name].
OR
[Location] MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on MRI suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].
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There are no MRI findings associated with [disease name]. However, a MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [disease name], which include [complication 1], [complication 2], and [complication 3].
MRI
- Diagnostic neuroimaging study of choice for older children
- Myelination for a given age
- A tethered spinal cord
- 89% children with cerebral palsy were found to have abnormal MRIs.[1]
- Role in predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants.[2]
- May have normal results- does not exclude the diagnosis and require exclusion of metabolic and genetic etiologies
References
- ↑ Bax M, Tydeman C, Flodmark O (2006). "Clinical and MRI correlates of cerebral palsy: the European Cerebral Palsy Study". JAMA. 296 (13): 1602–8. doi:10.1001/jama.296.13.1602. PMID 17018805.
- ↑ Woodward LJ, Anderson PJ, Austin NC, Howard K, Inder TE (2006). "Neonatal MRI to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants". N. Engl. J. Med. 355 (7): 685–94. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa053792. PMID 16914704.