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7648574

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-28
pubmed:abstractText
Transient mutism has been known as a rare complication following a posterior fossa approach to cerebellar tumors and its cause has not been clearly elucidated. The cerebellar mutism is not accompanied by cranial nerve deficits and disorders of consciousness. Since 1985 only 23 cases of mutism following removal of a cerebellar tumor in children have been reported in the literature. Two additional cases have been operated upon in our department. Extensive injury to the vermian and paravermian cerebellar area, involving the hemispheric cortex, cerebellar peduncles, fibers from the dentato-thalamocortical pathway, and dentate and interpositum nuclei may be the most important anatomical substrate of mutism. The mechanism of such transient mutism seems to be a complex of two or more factors (vascular disturbances due to manipulation or retraction of the cerebellar region around the IV ventricle and emotional factors). On the basis of these 25 cases the major features of the cerebellar mutism are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0256-7040
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
306-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Transient mutism following a posterior fossa approach to cerebellar tumors in children: a critical review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports