title: Cerebellar porencephaly in an adult--case report.
abstract: A 51-year-old female presented with an extremely unusual cerebellar porencephalic lesion manifesting as progressive cerebellar signs and cranial nerve pareses. T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a low-signal-intensity area in the left cerebellar hemisphere suggesting a cavity communicating with the fourth ventricle. Histological study showed the wall of the cavity contained nonspecific gliosis. A diagnosis of porencephaly was made.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Minamata Municipal Medical Center, Kumamoto.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fuwa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kogo
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged