Imaging of Congenital Brain Tumors

Abstract

Congenital brain tumors are not common in newborns but have specific signs, symptoms, and presentations. These tumors include specific types that occur in newborns and early detection and demonstration of anatomical extension of them play critical role for surgical and medical treatment of them. CT Scan and MRI play an important role for diagnosis and follow up of these patient. In this presentation, various types of congenital brain tumors, their different and specific imaging signs will be shown and characteristic classifications of them for better diagnosis will be demonstrated.