Dolman C L, Crichton J U, Jones E A, Lapointe J
J Neurol Sci. 1981 Jan;49(1):31-9. doi: 10.1016/0022-510x(81)90185-4.
A 6-month-old boy developed emprosthotonic infantile spasms and right hemiparesis. CT scan revealed a large mass related to a distended right temporal horn which on craniotomy proved to be a hard white tumour of the tentorium cerebelli which could be only incompletely resected. Microscopically and ultrastructurally, this lesion proved to be a typical fibromatosis containing myofibroblasts which invaded the brain. The child made an excellent recovery and is well a year after surgery. This case is another example which argues for full investigation of cases of infantile spasms which usually carry such a dismal prognosis.
