Cerebellar mutism syndrome in children with brain tumours of the posterior fossa

Cerebellar mutism syndrome in children with brain tumours of the posterior fossa

Abstract Background Central nervous system tumours constitute 25% of all childhood cancers; more than half are located in the posterior fossa and surgery is usually part of therapy. One of the most disabling late effects of posterior fossa tumour surgery is the cerebellar mutism syndrome (CMS) which...

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Main Authors: Morten Wibroe, Johan Cappelen, Charlotte Castor, Niels Clausen, Pernilla Grillner, Thora Gudrunardottir, Ramneek Gupta, Bengt Gustavsson, Mats Heyman, Stefan Holm, Atte Karppinen, Camilla Klausen, Tuula Lönnqvist, René Mathiasen, Pelle Nilsson, Karsten Nysom, Karin Persson, Olof Rask, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Astrid Sehested, Harald Thomassen, Ingrid Tonning-Olsson, Barbara Zetterqvist, Marianne Juhler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Cancer
Paediatric
Children
Cerebellar mutism
CMS
Brain tumour
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3416-0

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