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Acute Cerebellitis in Children: Regarding Different Etiologies
Mendes Dos Santos, Carolina; Sá, Graça; Geraldo, Ana Filipa; Tavares, Joana B; Neto, Lia; Campos, Jorge GAcute cerebellitis is usually infectious, post-infectious or post-vaccination. Rarer causes include toxic ones. The clinical presentation is usually benign, however, severe cases with brainstem compression may present as coma. Regarding three pediatric clinical cases, the authors make a brief review on this entity, with particular emphasis on its causes and imaging findings. Case Reports: Three cases of pediatr...
MRI Findings in Rasmussen’s Encephalitis
Mendes Dos Santos, Carolina; Moreno, Teresa; Sá, Graça; Rodrigues, David; Campos, Jorge GIntroduction: Rasmussen’s encephalitis is a chronic inflammatory encephalitis of unknown etiology. Clinical, imaging and electroencephalographic characteristic findings allow its diagnosis. Serial brain MRI evaluation of these patients has a characteristic pattern of temporal evolution. Regarding a clinical case, the authors make a brief review of this pathology, with particular emphasis on the MRI findings. Ca...
Adult cerebellar medulloblastoma: imaging findings in eight cases.
Sousa, Rita; Sá, Graça; Reimão, Sofia; Lopes, Leonor; Ruivo, Joana; Albuquerque, Luísa; Campos, JorgeMedulloblastoma is a brain tumor of neuroepithelial origin, frequent in children but rare in adults. The imaging pattern is well studied in the pediatric group thought there is controversy about the imaging characteristics in adults. We report CT and MRI imaging findings of 8 adult patients with cerebellar medulloblastoma. The mean age was 29.6 years (16-65 years). The male: female rate was 5:3. Most were later...
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension syndrome.
Sousa, Rita; Gouveia, Raquel; Lopes, Leonor; Ruivo, Nuno; Henriques, Nuno; Sá, Graça; Coutinho, David; Campos, JorgeSpontaneous Intracranial Hypotension is a rare syndrome, characterized by orthostatic headaches, low CSF pressure and characteristic aspects on MRI. The authors describe a clinical case of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension, in which the MRI investigation revealed a low position of the cerebellar tonsils, a diffuse and symmetric dural enhancement and an engorgement of the cervical epidural venous plexus. The ...
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