Diffuse brain involvement in paediatrics: magnetic resonance findings

Posterior fossa involvement, which may be focal or diffuse, is an uncommon finding in paediatric patients. Acute cerebellitis is the first condition to be suspected among the diffuse forms, and ataxia is the most characteristic symptom. This condition is occasionally difficult to diagnose clinically...

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Published inRadiologia Vol. 55; no. 3; p. 253
Main Authors Gorostiza Laborda, D, Mateos Goñi, B, Berástegui Imaz, M, Escudero Martínez, I, Iturre Salinas, B
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.05.2013
Subjects
Brain Diseases - diagnosis
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
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Summary:Posterior fossa involvement, which may be focal or diffuse, is an uncommon finding in paediatric patients. Acute cerebellitis is the first condition to be suspected among the diffuse forms, and ataxia is the most characteristic symptom. This condition is occasionally difficult to diagnose clinically, thus imaging tests play an important role in this. However, there are other rare conditions which may be clinically and radiologically similar to acute cerebellitis and which should be taken into account when making a differential diagnosis. The aim of this article is to present five diseases with diffuse brain involvement in paediatric patients and describe how they show up in MR imaging.
ISSN:1578-178X
DOI:10.1016/j.rx.2011.09.022