Mumps Cerebellitis

The role of posterior fossa decompression in acute cerebellitis

“…The etiology is thought to be para-infectious (after varicella, EBV or enteric fever [3][4][5][6][7]), but in most cases no specific agent is found, as observed in our patients.…”

Subclinical immune reactions to viral infections may correlate with child and adolescent diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A preliminary study from Turkey

“…[25] Inflammation of the cerebellum in childhood may be infectious, postinfectious or due to vaccines. [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] Infectious agents may also be varied. Some of the patients may be asymptomatic through infection or may display only mild symptoms.…”

“…[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] Therefore, we aimed to determine the relationships of measles, mumps, rubella, cytomegalovirus (CMV), Ebstein-Barr Virus (EBV), HSV and VZV, which may all be agents of cerebellar inflammation, to ADHD. [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] As far as we are aware, no controlled studies on Turkish children and adolescents with ADHD to determine their status of immunity to viral agents have been conducted up to now.…”

Acute mumps cerebellitis with abnormal findings in MRI diffusion-weighted images

“…Only eight patients with cerebellitis caused by mumps virus have been reported [4], but most failed to describe CT or MRI studies; some authors reported normal CT findings in patients with mumps cerebellitis [4]. Our patient showed normal findings on CT, and on T1WI, T2WI and FLAIR on MRI; however, hyperintensity of the bilateral cerebellum on diffusion-weighted images and a low ADC value were observed on MRI.…”

“…Mumps is a common cause of viral meningitis following parotitis, but few cases with cerebellitis have been reported [1,4]. Here, we report reversible magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in a 5-year-old boy with mumps virus cerebellitis.…”