Herniation to foramen magnum in the course of cerebellitis in a 4-year-old boy, as shown by CT and MRI-case report

Polish Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 42-46

  Wagel, Justyna ^a   Gruszka, Jarosław ^a   Szewczyk, Paweł ^a   Guziński, Maciej ^a   Sasiadek, Marek ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cerebellitis; Herniation; MRI

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLITIS; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIECTOMY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HEADACHE; HERNIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

EID: 77957335803     PISSN: 1733134X     EISSN: 18990967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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