1. The role of posterior fossa decompression in acute cerebellitis
- Author
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S. de Ribaupierre, P. Y. Jeannet, F. Porchet, Kathleen Meagher-Villemure, Jean-Guy Villemure, Jocelyne Bloch, Jacques Cotting, and E. Roulet
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Decompression ,Posterior fossa ,Brain Edema ,Cerebral Ventricles ,Ventriculostomy ,Cerebellar Diseases ,Cerebellum ,Medicine ,Humans ,Acute Disease ,Atrophy ,Brain Edema/diagnosis ,Brain Edema/surgery ,Cerebellar Diseases/surgery ,Cerebellum/pathology ,Cerebellum/surgery ,Cerebral Ventricles/pathology ,Child ,Cranial Fossa, Posterior/pathology ,Cranial Fossa, Posterior/surgery ,Decompression, Surgical ,Encephalocele/diagnosis ,Encephalocele/surgery ,Female ,Follow-Up Studies ,Hydrocephalus/pathology ,Hydrocephalus/surgery ,Inflammation/surgery ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Neurologic Examination ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Encephalocele ,Inflammation ,Medical treatment ,business.industry ,Ventricular drainage ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Hydrocephalus ,Surgery ,Cranial Fossa, Posterior ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Neurology (clinical) ,Brainstem ,Neurosurgery ,business - Abstract
BACKGROUND: We present two cases of children who were diagnosed with cerebellitis with acute cerebellar swelling. This rare pathology is potentially fatal, and no clear treatment guidelines are described in the literature. DISCUSSION: Considering our experience, we discuss the different therapeutic strategies and propose aggressive surgical measures consisting of external ventricular drainage and posterior fossa decompression in case of failure of early response to medical treatment to limit secondary cerebellar and brainstem lesions.
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- 2004