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Neuropediatrics 1986; 17(3): 124-128
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1052512
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Cerebellar Infarction

N.  Aoki , T.  Toyofuku , K.  Komiya
  • Department of Neurosurgery, Fuchu Metropolitan Hospital, and Department of Child Neurology, Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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19 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

Here is reported a rare case of a child with cerebellar infarction confirmed by vertebral angiography and computed tomography (CT). Following the sequential CT scan, new hypodense areas developed twice in the later stages. This finding has not been previously reported neither in infra- nor in supra-tentorial infarction.

Key words

Cerebellar infarction - Vertebral angiography - Computed tomography - Low density - Child