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Cerebellar involvement in multifocal eosinophilic granuloma: Demonstration by computerized tomographic scanning
Author(s) -
Adornato Bruce T.,
Eil Charles,
Head Gordon L.,
Loriaux D. Lynn
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410070206
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , eosinophilic granuloma , tomography , central nervous system , central nervous system disease , radiology , surgery
Central nervous system involvement outside the hypothalamus or pituitary in multifocal eosinophilic granuloma (MEG) is unusual. Eleven patients with MEG have been examined with cranial computerized axial tomograms (CT). Four patients with moderate to severe cerebellar dysfunction, 3 of whom had no detectable lesions by other neuroradiological techniques, were found to have cerebellar abnormalities. All of the remaining 7 patients with normal neurological examinations had normal CT scans. Computerized axial tomography is a useful technique in the evaluation of patients with MEG and neurological impairment.