Pediatric brain computed tomography.

Computed tomography today provides good anatomic depiction of the brain and its gross disease processes that have as a manifestation alteration of brain density, disturbance in blood-brain barrier, or mass effect. As such, computed tomography often provides valuable diagnostic information in the appropriate clinical setting. This article reviews many of the more common pediatric central nervous system disease states that have been demonstrated more easily as a result of computed tomography.