Posterior fossa pseudotumour due to viral encephalitis in a child
PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY, cilt.27, sa.10, ss.788-789, 1997 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 10
- 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.