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Vol. 1. Issue 4.
Pages 227-229 (January 1990)
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Vol. 1. Issue 4.
Pages 227-229 (January 1990)
Mutismo transitorio secundario a exéresis de tumor de fosa posterior
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M. Gelabert, A. Bollar, A.G. Allut, F. Reyes
Servicio de Neurocirugía. Hospital General de Galicia. Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Neurológicas «P. Barrié». Santiago de Compostela
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La aparición de transtomos del habla secundariamente a la cirugía de los tumores de la fosa craneal posterior, es poco habitual, y aparece escasamente recogido en la literatura. Se presenta el caso de una niña de 3 años, que tras extirpación de un meduloblastoma de cerebelo, presentó a las pocas horas un mutismo completo que tardó 5 semanas en recuperar. La ausencia de alteraciones de vías largas y pares craneales, hacen pensar en una posible causa cerebelosa. Se revisan los mecanismos propuestos para explicar el cuadro clínico así como los 13 casos publicados con anterioridad.

Palabras clave:
Meduloblastoma
Mutismo
Tumor de cerebelo
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Total absence of speech after posterior fossa surgery is a rare complication. We present a case of a 3 year-old child with mutism of cerebellar origin occurring a few hours after the extirpation of a large vermian and 4th ventricular medulloblastoma. The recovery of speech started to appear 5 weeks postoperatively. The absence of affection to long tracts and nuclear cranial nerve palsies exclude the possibility of a pseudobulbar palsy. The literature concerning physiopathological mechanisms and 13 previously described cases is reviewed.

Key words:
Medulloblastoma
Mutism
Cerebellar neoplasm

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