fa Case & Review Case & Review <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Introduction:</b>&nbsp;Acute cerebellitis (AC) is a rare potentially life-threatening condition in children. Some viral infections, vaccines and neuroimmunologic disorders are the most common causes of AC. Opium poisoning is an unusual cause of this condition.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Case presentation:</b>&nbsp;A 2-year-old girl was referred with loss of consciousness. She was ataxic just a few minutes after opium ingestion and after 1 hour, she became unconscious. We only found pinpoint pupils. After naloxone drip, her condition had been better but she was still obtunded and her urine was positive for opium products (morphine). MRI of the brain showed marked bilateral cerebellar swelling that respond to high-dose steroid dramatically.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Conclusion:</b>&nbsp;This case shows that opium intoxication should be considered as a rare cause of acute cerebellitis in children.</p> </aside> Acute Cerebellitis, Opium Intoxication, Opioid, Children 62 64 http://jpr.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-30-62&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Firozeh Hosseini 10031947532846002867 10031947532846002867 No Besat Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Ali Nikkhah alinik52@yahoo.com 10031947532846002866 10031947532846002866 Yes Department of Pediatric Neurology, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IR Iran