Acute pseudotumoral hemicerebellitis: Diagnosis and neurosurgical considerations of a rare entity

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 337-339

  Cohen, José E ^a   Gomori, Moshe ^a   Benifla, Moni ^a   Itshayek, Eyal ^a   Shoshan, Yigal ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Cerebellar tumor; Cerebellitis; Posterior fossa decompression

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RICKETTSIA ANTIBODY; STEROID; TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CEREBELLITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADIADOCHOKINESIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; CEREBELLAR TUMOR; CEREBELLITIS; POSTERIOR FOSSA DECOMPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84892608708     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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