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

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In a 5-year-old boy with acute mumps cerebellitis, abnormal findings on MRI diffusion-weighted images were transient with clinical improvement. High signal intensity in the cerebellum was obvious on diffusion-weighted images, suggesting the importance of diffusion-weighted images in the early stage of cerebellitis.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan

    Eiji Matsukuma, Zenichiro Kato, Koji Orii, Kenji Orii, Eiko Matsui, Hideo Kaneko & Naomi Kondo

  2. Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan

    Takahiko Asano

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Matsukuma, E., Kato, Z., Orii, K. et al. Acute mumps cerebellitis with abnormal findings in MRI diffusion-weighted images. Eur J Pediatr 167, 829–830 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0574-0

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