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Journal of Pediatric Neuroradiology 2013; 02(01): 087-096
DOI: 10.3233/PNR-13049
Review Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Traumatic pediatric white matter injury

Susan Palasis
a   Department of Radiology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, Atlanta, GA, USA
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21 November 2011

04 April 2012

Publication Date:
29 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

White matter (WM) injury is increasingly recognized as central to the impact on the quality of life of patients with all severity levels of traumatic brain injury. It can be the determinant of death or persistent disability. This article reviews the characteristics of the developing brain in relation to trauma, the primary and secondary phases of WM injury, and advanced magnetic resonance techniques in the evaluation of brain trauma. Special emphasis is placed on non-accidental trauma and sports-related WM injury, respectively.

Keywords

Diffuse axonal injury - non-accidental trauma - sports-related white matter injury - diffusion tensor imaging - proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy