Posterior fossa syndrome.

Since the recognition 30 years ago that surgery on children with posterior fossa tumors can result in postoperative mutism, the features surrounding this behavioral and functional “syndrome” have gained much attention, but sadly, disproportionately less elucidation. The clinical spectrum is varied and one needs to look no further than the skillful description provided 20 years prior by Dr. Robin Humphreys to identify the afflicted child.2

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

• Publication date

  2010-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3171/2009.11.PEDS09369PMID 20367334
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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