title: [Reverse crossed cerebellar diaschisis].
abstract: Cerebral Magnetic Resonance imaging in acute postictal period is performed to exclude structural processes that can be responsible for the epileptic activity. Sometimes, the findings are the result of the epileptic activity, and not the cause reflecting the pathophysiologic changes during epileptic activity. In this paper we describe a patient with status epilepticus who has developed hemicerebellar involvement contralateral to a frontal epileptogenic focus. This phenomenon of Reverse Crossed Cerebellar Diaschisis is rare and has been describe only in Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT).
authors.affiliation: Serviços de Neurorradiologia e de Neurologia, Hospital de São Marcos, Braga.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beleza
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Fátima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000503:physiopathology; D020937:Epilepsy, Partial, Sensory / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology