%0 Journal Article %J J Child Neurol %D 2015 %T Acute pseudotumoral hemicerebellitis in a child: a rare and distinct entity? %A Alberini, Elena %A Vellante, Valerio %A Zennaro, Floriana %A Calligaris, Lorenzo %A Barbi, Egidio %A Carrozzi, Marco %A Devescovi, Raffaella %K Brain %K Cerebellar Diseases %K Child %K Diagnosis, Differential %K Encephalitis %K Humans %K Magnetic Resonance Imaging %K Male %X

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.

%B J Child Neurol %V 30 %P 496-9 %8 2015 Mar %G eng %N 4 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25143480?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1177/0883073814545114