TY - JOUR T1 - Acute pseudotumoral hemicerebellitis in a child: a rare and distinct entity? JF - J Child Neurol Y1 - 2015 A1 - Alberini, Elena A1 - Vellante, Valerio A1 - Zennaro, Floriana A1 - Calligaris, Lorenzo A1 - Barbi, Egidio A1 - Carrozzi, Marco A1 - Devescovi, Raffaella KW - Brain KW - Cerebellar Diseases KW - Child KW - Diagnosis, Differential KW - Encephalitis KW - Humans KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging KW - Male AB -

A pseudotumoral presentation of acute hemicerebellitis is rare in pediatric age. The authors report a new single case study of a 7-year-old child with pseudotumoral unilateral cerebellitis mimicking an intracranial tumor, which clinically presented itself with signs of intracranial hypertension and mild contralateral hemiparesis, completely recovered after anti-inflammatory therapy. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was essential for the differential diagnosis between inflammatory and neoplastic processes. The literature highlighting specific clues about pseudotumoral hemicerebellitis as a distinct clinical and radiological entity is reviewed.

VL - 30 IS - 4 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25143480?dopt=Abstract ER -