Posterior fossa pseudotumour due to viral encephalitis in a child

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

PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY, sa.10, ss.788-789, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 1997
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s002470050233
  • Dergi Adı: PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.788-789
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.