Postinfectious cerebellitis in children case report

Abstract

Introduction: acute post-infectious cerebellitis is an infrequent pathology and its diagnosis is difficult since the clinical presentation and its course are very variable. Its causes are associated with previous viral infections, recent vaccination, or ingestion of contaminated food. Objective: to determine the management and therapeutics of post-infectious cerebellitis in a clinical case to establish novel and instructive elements of the disease. Methodology: Analysis of a retrospective descriptive clinical case, for the collection of information a review of clinical history was performed; for the description of the disease a compilation of information in recognized databases such as: Scopus, Pubmed, web of Science, Lilacs was performed. Results: we present a clinical case of a male patient aged 2 years 11 months, dysmetric, dyschronometric, with horizontal nystagmus, tremor, ataxic, hypotonic, babinsky star gait and postural instability. With IGG for COVID19 of 265.8 (positive) diagnosed with cerebellitis that through the respective antimicrobial treatment, presents a clear clinical improvement. Conclusion: The diagnosis of post infectious cerebellitis can become difficult as it is an infrequent pathology, an imaging examination confirms the clinical diagnosis of acute cerebellitis. however, in an urgent context, MRI may not be performed, especially in cases of clinical instability of the patient however the role of cranioencephalic imaging in the follow-up of these patients is related to the detection of complications.