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8913962

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
Mutism is a rare sequel of PCF tumor removal. Three patients aged 5 to 20 years old with mutism after posterior fossa surgery are presented. Suboccipital craniectomy was performed in all patients with grossly total removal of a medulloblastoma. The mutism that may occur after an operation for a PCF lesion has been explained in functional and/or organic terms. To date, 24 similar cases of mutism following cerebellar operations have been reported in the literature. We review the features of the syndrome in the light of the published cases and speculate on the underlying physiopathology. The absence of long tract or other brain stem signs, together with a presence of dysarthria during the recovery of speech, suggested a organic cerebellar cause of the mutism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0390-5616
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
59-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Cerebellar mutism after posterior cranial fossa surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports