title: [Cerebral atrophy and crossed cerebellar atrophy following acute subdural hematoma in infant].
abstract: Crossed cerebellar atrophy (CCA) on imaging study reflects secondary degeneration of the cerebellar hemisphere caused by neuronal disconnection with the contralateral cerebral hemisphere. We report an 11-month-old child with traumatic left acute subdural hematoma, who showed crossed cerebellar atrophy on MR images. Eighteen months after the trauma, MR images showed brain atrophy not only in the left cerebral hemisphere but also in the right cerebellar hemisphere. The cerebellar atrophy was prominent in the lateral part. This finding is consistent with CCA and may support neuronal interactions between the cerebral hemisphere and the lateral part of the contralateral cerebellar hemisphere.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tottori University Hospital.
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsurugai
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matsusue
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Toshibumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Toshihide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D020199:Hematoma, Subdural, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male