Influenza Cerebellitis in a 3-Year-Old Male.

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Category Primary study
JournalSouth Dakota medicine : the journal of the South Dakota State Medical Association
Year 2024
Acute cerebellitis (AC) is often a para-infectious inflammatory process that usually presents with a variable clinical picture; often with fever, nausea, headache, altered mental status, gait abnormalities, and coordination defects. It is usually a complication of an infectious process or as a result of post-infectious autoimmune mechanisms. We report a case of a 3 year old male with influenza A who presented with an acute encephalitic picture whose course and radiologic studies demonstrate cerebellar changes strongly compatible with AC.
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First added on: Nov 10, 2024