Pediatric Tumor Neuroradiology

Tumors of the central nervous system constitute the largest group of solid neoplasms in children. In this chapter, we have assembled a cadre of sections, which cover the whole spectrum of pediatric tumor entities and offer a clinically meaningful insight into the new classification, symptoms, and diagnostic criteria in modern clinical neuroradiology with emphasis on the most appropriate imaging techniques selection, the correct interpretation of the imaging findings, and – last but not least – how neuroimaging can integrate optimally into the state-of-the-art management strategies. The tumor entities are broadly grouped into the posterior fossa tumors, the pineal region lesions, the sellar and parasellar tumors, the supratentorial neoplasms, and the spinal entities. Of note, key imaging features derived from advanced imaging techniques, which are clinically mature and widely disseminated and provide information unattained by other modalities information about the functional status of the lesion, are also highlighted.