Posterior fossa pseudotumour due to viral encephalitis in a child
PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY, vol.27, no.10, pp.788-789, 1997 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 27 Issue: 10
- 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.