Hemicerebellitis mimicking a tumour on MRI.
METHODS
We report a case of hemicerebellitis in a 13-year-old girl presenting with symptoms of intracranial hypertension with acute onset.


RESULTS
MRI of the brain revealed a unilateral cerebellar swelling with foliaform enhancement. The patient was still symptomatic even with high doses of intravenous steroids, so we decided to operate on her for diagnosis and decompression. The pathology showed leptomeningitis. She had a good postoperative outcome and a normal brain MRI 2 months later.


CONCLUSIONS
It is unusual to have a unilateral cerebellitis; only two cases have been published so far.


CONCLUSIONS
Although cerebellitis is considered to be benign and self limited, surgical intervention is sometimes mandatory.
Jabbour
Pascal
P
Department of Neurosurgery, Hotel Dieu De France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
Samaha
Elie
E
Abi Lahoud
Georges
G
Koussa
Salam
S
Abadjian
Gerard
G
Nohra
Georges
G
Rizk
Tony
T
Moussa
Ronald
R
Okais
Nabil
N
D000293:Adolescent; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011182:Postoperative Care