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Case Reports
. 2003 Feb;19(2):122-5.
doi: 10.1007/s00381-002-0709-6. Epub 2003 Jan 29.

Hemicerebellitis mimicking a tumour on MRI

Pascal Jabbour  1 , Elie Samaha, Georges Abi Lahoud, Salam Koussa, Gerard Abadjian, Georges Nohra, Tony Rizk, Ronald Moussa, Nabil Okais
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Case Reports

Hemicerebellitis mimicking a tumour on MRI

Pascal Jabbour et al. Childs Nerv Syst. 2003 Feb.

Abstract

Case report: We report a case of hemicerebellitis in a 13-year-old girl presenting with symptoms of intracranial hypertension with acute onset.

Results: MRI of the brain revealed a unilateral cerebellar swelling with foliaform enhancement. The patient was still symptomatic even with high doses of intravenous steroids, so we decided to operate on her for diagnosis and decompression. The pathology showed leptomeningitis. She had a good postoperative outcome and a normal brain MRI 2 months later.

Discussion: It is unusual to have a unilateral cerebellitis; only two cases have been published so far.

Conclusion: Although cerebellitis is considered to be benign and self limited, surgical intervention is sometimes mandatory.

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