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Magnetic resonance imaging differential diagnosis of brainstem lesions in children
Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi, Yuri Errante, Sabino Walter Della Sala, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, 00128 Rome, Italy
Maria Camilla Rossi Espagnet, Department of NESMOS, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Università La Sapienza, 00189 Rome, Italy
Stefania Galassi, Bruno Bernardi, Daniela Longo, Unit of Neuroradiology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Research Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Fariello, Fatebenefratelli S. Pietro Hospital, 00189 Rome, Italy
Author contributions: Quattrocchi CC conceived and designed the study and wrote the manuscript; Errante Y collected references and wrote the manuscript; Rossi Espagnet MC and Galassi S collected diagnostic images and references; Della Sala SW, Bernardi B and Fariello G critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content; Longo D supervised the study, collected diagnostic images and references and critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Correspondence to: Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, Italy. c.quattrocchi@unicampus.it
Telephone: +39-062-25411708
Received: August 31, 2015
Peer-review started: September 1, 2015
First decision: September 29, 2015
Revised: October 11, 2015
Accepted: December 9, 2015
Article in press: December 11, 2015
Published online: January 28, 2016
Processing time: 148 Days and 17.4 Hours
Peer-review started: September 1, 2015
First decision: September 29, 2015
Revised: October 11, 2015
Accepted: December 9, 2015
Article in press: December 11, 2015
Published online: January 28, 2016
Processing time: 148 Days and 17.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Magnetic resonance imaging differential diagnosis of brainstem lesions in children is depicted with an anatomical-based pictorial essay approach.