BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Leukoencephalopathies of unknown origin constitute a considerable problem in child neurology. The purpose of our ongoing study of the subject was to define new disease entities among them by using primarily MR imaging pattern recognition. METHODS We identified seven unrelated patients with a distinct MR imaging pattern consisting of hypomyelination and atrophy of the ba...

In their article, “Mass Screening for Retrocochlear Disorders: Low-Field (0.2-Tesla) versus High-Field (1.5-T) MR Imaging,” Dr Dubrulle and his associates ask whether low-field-strength open T1-weighted spinecho contrast-enhanced MR images of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) and internal auditory canal (IAC) can be used to effectively diagnose lesions that cause sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL...