Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Neurology

Unilateral Weakness and Areflexia in a Child Diagnosed with Pseudo-Tumoral Acute Hemi-Cerebellitis

Hanin Al Gethami *

Neuro-science Center, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Fuad Al Malki

Department of Pediatric, Pediatric Neurology Division, King Abdullah Children Specialist Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Waleed Al-Tuwaijri

Department of Pediatric, Pediatric Neurology Division, King Abdullah Children Specialist Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Duaa Ba-Armah

Department of Pediatric, Pediatric Neurology Division, King Abdullah Children Specialist Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Ahmed Al Zahrani

Department of Radiology, King Abdullah Children Specialist Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

Pseudotumoral acute hemi-cerebellitis is an inflammatory condition, a self-limited disease with good prognosis, which does not need treatment in most of the cases. It is very rare worldwide, and few cases have described it before. It has a unique presentation and a characteristic neuroimage finding. The cause is not known however, it can be the primary infection, post-infectious or post vaccination disorder. The present work described that, a child was diagnosed to have pseudo- tumoral acute hemi-cerebellitis with a typical presentation in the form of unilateral weakness and areflexia, which was never been reported before this study.

Keywords: Areflexia, hemi-cerebellitis, inflammation, post vaccination, immunisation

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