Incidental Findings on Brain Imaging in the General Pediatric Population: Letter

Incidental Findings on Brain Imaging in the General Pediatric Population: Letter

Brain MRI in 3966 children from the population-based Generation R Study (mean age, 10.1 years) revealed incidental findings in 25.6%. Most findings did not require neurosurgical intervention, but 7 children (0.18%) had suspected primary brain tumors.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2017-10, Vol.377 (16), p.1593-1595
Hauptverfasser: Jansen, Philip R, Dremmen Marjolein, van den Berg Aaike, Dekkers, Ilona A, Blanken Laura ME, Muetzel, Ryan L, Bolhuis Koen, Mulder, Rosa M, Kocevska Desana, Jansen, Toyah A, de Wit Marie-Claire Y, Neuteboom, Rinze F, Polderman Tinca JC, Posthuma Danielle, Jaddoe Vincent WV, Verhulst, Frank C, Tiemeier Henning, van der Lugt Aad, White, Tonya JH
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Brain cancer
Brain research
Brain tumors
Children
Cysts
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical imaging
Neuroimaging
Neurosurgery
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Pediatrics
Population studies
Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:Brain MRI in 3966 children from the population-based Generation R Study (mean age, 10.1 years) revealed incidental findings in 25.6%. Most findings did not require neurosurgical intervention, but 7 children (0.18%) had suspected primary brain tumors.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc1710724