Open AccessLesions more than cerebellum in a puerpera of acute cerebellitis: concurrent encephalitis, not a subtype of ADEM
Author(s) -
Zhang YongQing,
Chen Dan,
Zou YaFen,
Huang Ming,
Jia XiaoYan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4
Subject(s) - medicine , cerebellum , encephalitis , cerebellar diseases , pathology , pediatrics , virology , virus
Key Clinical Message We report a puerpera who has acute‐onset ataxia with fever, headache, convulsions, and altered mental status. She had a good response to antivirus treatment and low‐dose steroid. Acute cerebellitis was the tentative diagnosis. But concurrent encephalitis was proposed with multiple lesions beyond cerebellum.