TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute cerebellitis presenting as tumor
T2 - Report of two cases
AU - Amador, Nelly
AU - Scheithauer, Bernd W.
AU - Giannini, Caterina
AU - Raffel, Corey
PY - 2007/7/1
Y1 - 2007/7/1
N2 - A pseudotumoral presentation of acute cerebellitis is rare. The authors report two cases of children with hemicerebellar involvement, neither case being postinfectious nor vaccination related. One patient underwent biopsy sampling revealing marked parenchymal and leptomeningeal inflammation, and in the other, near-complete resolution of neuroimaging abnormalities was demonstrated. The literature is reviewed and therapy considerations are emphasized.
AB - A pseudotumoral presentation of acute cerebellitis is rare. The authors report two cases of children with hemicerebellar involvement, neither case being postinfectious nor vaccination related. One patient underwent biopsy sampling revealing marked parenchymal and leptomeningeal inflammation, and in the other, near-complete resolution of neuroimaging abnormalities was demonstrated. The literature is reviewed and therapy considerations are emphasized.
KW - Pediatric neurosurgery
KW - Pseudotumor
KW - Tumefactive cerebellitis
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U2 - 10.3171/PED-07/07/057
DO - 10.3171/PED-07/07/057
M3 - Article
C2 - 17644922
AN - SCOPUS:34547652991
SN - 0022-3085
VL - 107
SP - 57
EP - 61
JO - Journal of Neurosurgery
JF - Journal of Neurosurgery
IS - 1 SUPPL.
ER -