Cerebellar mutism in adults after posterior fossa surgery: A report of 2 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 476-479

  Sherman, Jonathan H ^a,b   Sheehan, Jason P ^a   Elias, W Jeffrey ^a   Jane Sr , John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Cerebellar hemisphere; Mutism; Neurosurgery; Pineal dermoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MUTISM; NEUROIMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUTISM; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PINEALOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844423488     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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