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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2014

Hypertrophic olivary degeneration with gadolinium enhancement after posterior fossa surgery in a child with medulloblastoma.

Johannes Nowak, Balint Alkonyi, Stefan Rutkowski, György A Homola, Monika Warmuth-Metz

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Article in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. The clinical and neuroradiological features of hypertrophic olivary degeneration following brainstem stroke.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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Johannes Nowak
Balint Alkonyi
Stefan Rutkowski
György A Homola
Monika Warmuth-Metz

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Abstract

Hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD) is a rare transsynaptic form of degeneration occurring secondary to the disruption of the dentato-rubro-olivary pathway ("Guillain-Mollaret triangle"). HOD can be caused by ischemic, hemorrhagic, traumatic, or neoplastic lesions, and it can also occur following posterior fossa surgery. MRI characteristics of HOD include T2 signal increase and hypertrophy. To date, blood–brain barrier disruption has not been reported in HOD. Here, we present the first case of HOD with temporary gadolinium enhancement in a 10-year-old child 7 months after resection of a posterior fossa medulloblastoma. The recognition of gadolinium enhancement as a radiological feature of HOD may help to distinguish between this benign secondary condition and tumor recurrence.

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Cerebellar NeoplasmsChildCranial Fossa, PosteriorFemaleGadoliniumHumansHypertrophyMagnetic Resonance ImagingMedulloblastomaNerve DegenerationOlivary NucleusPostoperative ComplicationsGadolinium

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