POSTERIOR-FOSSA PSEUDOTUMOR DUE TO VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS IN A CHILD

Authors
UNSAL E OLGUN N SARIALIOGLU F CEVIK N
Citation
E. Unsal et al., POSTERIOR-FOSSA PSEUDOTUMOR DUE TO VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS IN A CHILD, Pediatric radiology, 27(10), 1997, pp. 788-789
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010449
Volume
27
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
788 - 789
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0449(1997)27:10<788:PPDTVE>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A 14-year-old boy had a 1-month history of diplopia (due to a VI nerve palsy), motor ataxia and dizziness. Brain MRI showed a 1.5-cm mass po sterior to the pens, Histopathological examination of a biopsy specime n showed the lesion to be of viral origin. After 3 months, the ataxia and dizziness had resolved and the MRI findings returned to normal. By 5 months the abducens paralysis had also resolved. Viral encephalitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of posterior fossa tumours.