ACUTE CEREBELLAR ATAXIA OF CHILDHOOD

[摘要] The clinical reports of nine children who developed an acute cerebellar disorder are recorded. The etiology was not determined in any of the cases.Similar cases were found reported in the literature as "acute cerebellar encephalitis" or "acute cerebellar ataxia," a form of nonsuppurative encephalitis.The concept is developed that these cases represent a toxi-infectious process of variable etiology with the cerebellum or its systems as the major or only target organ. The main significance of these relatively benign forms of cerebellar disorder in children is their differentiation from cerebellar tumor; the major features of the disorder are outlined to help in the differential diagnosis.

[学科分类] 儿科学