title: Sudden death from fulminant acute cerebellitis.
abstract: Acute cerebellitis is postulated to result from viral and/or autoimmune etiologies. This disease has been reported to have a variable course. We report a case of sudden death from acute fulminant cerebellitis in a 13-year-old ballet dancer. Serial CT and MRI demonstrated rapid progression of the disease. Histopathologic correlation is provided. The etiologies, clinical course, therapeutic interventions and postmortem evaluation of this potentially life-threatening condition are briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Omalu
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Branstetter
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Pollack
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed