Cerebellar hemisphere herniation in the neck: Case report of a very rare complication following a posterior fossa craniectomy
| Autor: | Alessandro Pesce, Venceslao Wierzbicki, Luigi Marrocco, Emanuele Piccione, Riccardo Caruso |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Late complication Posterior fossa posterior fossa Surgery neurosurgical complication surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine nervous system 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Cerebellar hemisphere case report cerebellar herniation craniectomy medicine business Complication 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Surgery Case Reports |
| Popis: | Highlights • Cerebellar herniation following a craniectomy to the posterior fossa is a rare complication. • Surgery was necessary to push the cerebellum back inside and plastic surgery to the bone was carried out. • Possible causes were discussed. This article presents a very rare late complication of surgery to the posterior fossa involving a craniectomy: cerebellar hemisphere herniation in the neck, through the craniectomy site. Here we also analyse the possible causes of such complication. |
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