Delayed diffuse cerebellar swelling after resection of medulloblastoma: case report and review of literature

INTRODUCTION: Delayed diffuse cerebellar swelling is a rare life-threatening complication following medulloblastoma resection. PRESENTATION: We present our experience of managing a 4-year-old who developed diffuse cerebellar swelling with upward herniation 41 days after resection of a large cell ana...

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Autores principales: Raghu, Ashley L. B., Kandasamy, Jothy, Brougham, Mark, Gallo, Pasquale, Sokol, Drahus, Hughes, Mark A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28664279
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3496-9
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author Raghu, Ashley L. B.
Kandasamy, Jothy
Brougham, Mark
Gallo, Pasquale
Sokol, Drahus
Hughes, Mark A.
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description INTRODUCTION: Delayed diffuse cerebellar swelling is a rare life-threatening complication following medulloblastoma resection. PRESENTATION: We present our experience of managing a 4-year-old who developed diffuse cerebellar swelling with upward herniation 41 days after resection of a large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma. CONCLUSION: Emergency chemotherapy alone was sufficient in promoting regression of swelling and recovery from coma. Reports of similar cases are scant. Chemotherapy may be a critical component of treatment.
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spelling pubmed-56446962017-10-27 Delayed diffuse cerebellar swelling after resection of medulloblastoma: case report and review of literature Raghu, Ashley L. B. Kandasamy, Jothy Brougham, Mark Gallo, Pasquale Sokol, Drahus Hughes, Mark A. Childs Nerv Syst Case Report INTRODUCTION: Delayed diffuse cerebellar swelling is a rare life-threatening complication following medulloblastoma resection. PRESENTATION: We present our experience of managing a 4-year-old who developed diffuse cerebellar swelling with upward herniation 41 days after resection of a large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma. CONCLUSION: Emergency chemotherapy alone was sufficient in promoting regression of swelling and recovery from coma. Reports of similar cases are scant. Chemotherapy may be a critical component of treatment. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017-06-29 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5644696/ /pubmed/28664279 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3496-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644696/
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