title: [Acute cerebellar infarction simulating posterior fossa tumor].
abstract: We report a case of space-occupying infarction of the left cerebellar hemisphere with occlusive hydrocephalus and left to right shift of the fourth ventricle. The patient, a 58 years old man, underwent shunting and decompressive craniectomy of the posterior fossa and survived without neurological deficits.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Hospital Santa Isabel, Brasil.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Branco
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Infarto agudo do cerebelo simulando tumor da fossa posterior.