Cerebellar mutism after spontaneous intratumoral bleeding involving the upper cerebellar vermis: A contribution to the physiopathogenic interpretation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-11

  Frassanito, Paolo ^a,b   Massimi, Luca ^a   Caldarelli, Massimo ^a   Rocco, Concezio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar mutism; Cerebellar tumor; Posterior cranial fossa surgery; Spontaneous hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MUTISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREMOR; TUMOR BLEEDING; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUTISM; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 57449107405     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0711-8     Document Type: Article

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