MUTISM AFTER SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A CEREBELLAR TUMOR: Two Case Reports
| Autor: | Andrea Di Cataldo, Salvatore Giuffrida, Carmen Dollo, Salvatore Ippolito, Marinella Astuto, Maurizio Papotto, Milena La Spina |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Cerebellar Mutism
medicine.medical_specialty Cerebellum cerebellum Mutism Astrocytoma Central nervous system disease Cerebellar Diseases Surgical removal Cerebellar tumor medicine Humans Child Medulloblastoma posterior fossa tumor Pilocytic astrocytoma Brain Neoplasms business.industry Hematology medicine.disease mutism Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 18:117-121 |
| ISSN: | 1521-0669 0888-0018 |
| Popis: | The authors report two pediatric cases of transient mutism that occurred after surgical removal of a medulloblastoma and a pilocytic astrocytoma of the vermis and discuss the pathophysiology of this syndrome. Transient mutism has been described for the first time quite recently, even in cases where these tumors were also surgically removed before. Perhaps improvement in imaging and in surgical techniques made neurosurgeons more daring and some interventions that were judged impossible are routinely performed today. If this is the case, postoperative transient cerebellar mutism might be considered the price that must be paid in order to cure more patients with cerebellar tumors. |
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