Acute cerebellitis presenting as tumor: Report of two cases

Nelly Amador; Bernd W. Scheithauer; Caterina Giannini; Corey Raffel

doi:10.3171/PED-07/07/057

Acute cerebellitis presenting as tumor: Report of two cases

Nelly Amador
, Bernd W. Scheithauer
, Caterina Giannini
, Corey Raffel

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	57-61
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of neurosurgery
Volume	107
Issue number	1 SUPPL.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3171/PED-07/07/057
State	Published - Jul 2007

Keywords

Pediatric neurosurgery
Pseudotumor
Tumefactive cerebellitis

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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