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- Title
Cerebelite aguda com herniação tonsilar: relato de caso.
- Authors
Coeli, Gustavo Nunes Medina; da Silva, Guilherme Carlos; Tiengo, Rodrigo Ribeiro; Fernandes, José Otávio Meyer; Fernandes, Walter Luis Magalhães; Lourenço, Daniel Nogueira Lacativa
- Abstract
Acute cerebellitis ¡s a rare inflammatory syndrome frequently characterized by fast onset of cerebellar dysfunction. The present case report describes imaging findings In a child with acute cerebellitis, tonsillar herniation and hypertensive hydrocephalus. The etiologic agent has not been determined. A conservative management was adopted, with corticoid and diuretic drugs. Imaging follow-up demonstrated resolution of the clinical condition with no sequela.
- Subjects
CEREBELLAR ataxia; CEREBELLUM diseases; HYDROCEPHALUS; ETIOLOGY of diseases; DISEASE complications; FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine)
- Publication
Radiologia Brasileira, 2012, Vol 45, Issue 4, p244
- ISSN
0100-3984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0100-39842012000400015