Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s Neuroscience Institute in Memphis, Tenn. is a leader in the evaluation and treatment of neurological disorders in children and adolescents. The neuroscience center provides general pediatric neurology, pediatric neurosurgery and pediatric neuropsychology services as well as highly specialized interdisciplinary clinical programs.
Approximately 1,500 adolescents and children with neurological disorders are hospitalized annually at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Teams of pediatric neurosurgeons, neurologists and skilled support staff treat a variety of conditions, including:
- Childhood cerebral astrocytoma – tumors that develop in brain cells in the cerebrum.
- Craniosynostosis – a condition where the small spaces in a baby’s skull close to early, so the skull can no longer stretch and expand to allow for the young child’s brain to grow.
- Ependymoma – brain tumors that arise from cells lining the passageways in the brain that produce and store the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF.
- Intractable epilepsy – a form of epilepsy where pediatric seizures cannot be controlled by medication.
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome – a form of epilepsy that develops in early childhood.
- Medulloblastoma – brain tumors that arise in the posterior fossa region of the brain. The exact cell of origin is not known.
- Temporal lobe epilepsy – a form of epilepsy where seizures start in the temporal lobe of the brain.
- Tethered cord syndrome – a disorder caused by tissue attachments that limit the movement of the spinal cord within the spinal column.
- Scoliosis – a type of spinal deformity where spinal curvature may occur on the right or left side of the spine, or on both sides in different sections.
- Spine tumors in children – abnormal tissue growth within or next to the spinal cord.
Le Bonheur’s world-renowned neuroscience team also performs neurodiagnostic procedures such as pediatric MRI, CT scan for children, pediatric arteriogram, high density EEG and pediatric MEG.
Please visit the website for Le Bonheur Children’s neuroscience institute in Tennessee to learn more.