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01.08.2012 | Case Report
Evaluation of cerebellar mutism by arterial spin-labeling perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT): a case report
verfasst von:
Yosuke Watanabe, Fumiyuki Yamasaki, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Yoshinori Kajiwara, Takeshi Takayasu, Ryo Nosaka, Kazuhiko Sugiyama, Masao Kobayashi, Kaoru Kurisu
Erschienen in:
Child's Nervous System
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Ausgabe 8/2012
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Excerpt
Cerebellar mutism is a well-known complication of posterior fossa surgery. However, the cause of this syndrome and its exact mechanisms are still unknown. According to the literature, some have reported findings of single photon emission tomography (SPECT) in patients with cerebellar mutism [
1‐
3]; however, these findings in individual cases are not conclusive enough to explain the mechanism of mutism. …