Open AccessA RARE CASE OF SPACE OCCUPYING LESION OF BRAINSTEM IN AN ELDERLY MALE PATIENT
Author(s) -
S S Jayanth,
A P Ambali,
M S Mulimani
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of clinical and biomedical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2521-0394
pISSN - 2395-0471
DOI - 10.31878/ijcbr.2018.44.09
Subject(s) - brainstem , ataxia , lesion , medicine , neurological examination , thalamus , cerebellum , pathology , cerebellar ataxia , radiology , surgery , psychiatry
An elderly male patient aged 65 presented to us with history of swaying towards left side of the body since 1 month with normal higher mental functions and neurological examination suggestive of cerebellar ataxia. MRI Brain plus contrast was suggestive of an irregular, ill-defined heterogeneous enhancing lesion with few necrotic areas within and few foci of blooming on FFE (Fast Field Echo imaging technique) with significant perilesional oedema involving right thalamus and brainstem showing Choline peak on MR Spectroscopy.
Keywords: Neurological examination; Cerebellar ataxia; MRI brain; FFE.