Posterior fossa pseudotumour due to viral encephalitis in a child

Unsal E., Olgun N., Sarialioglu F., Cevik N.

PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY, no.10, pp.788-789, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 1997
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s002470050233
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.788-789
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A 14-year-old boy had a 1-month history of diplopia (due to a VI nerve palsy), motor ataxia and dizziness. Brain MRI showed a 1.5-cm mass posterior to the pens, Histopathological examination of a biopsy specimen showed the lesion to be of viral origin. After 3 months, the ataxia and dizziness had resolved and the MRI findings returned to normal. By 5 months the abducens paralysis had also resolved. Viral encephalitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of posterior fossa tumours.