Adult cerebellar mutism and cognitive-affective syndrome caused by cystic hemangioblastoma.

Akil, H; Statham, P F X; Götz, M; Bramley, P; Whittle, I R · Acta Neurochir (Wien) · 2006

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Cerebellar mutism is a rare phenomenon often described in children following surgical intervention in the posterior fossa. In this report we present a very unusual case of pre-operative cerebellar mutism in an adult in the context of cognitive-affective syndrome caused by cystic hemangioblastoma.

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