Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Rida Mitha, Naureen Mushtaq, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim.
Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome after surgical resection of posterior fossa neoplastic lesions..
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;70(9):1667-8.

Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome (CMS) is a well-described clinical entity that complicates surgeries for posterior fossa tumours; more so in children than adults. This review focuses on the current understanding of CMS, its incidence and risk factors. Incidence showed a variable range in retrospective studies due to variety of definitions. Risk factors can be classified as either modifiable including surgical technique, or non-modifiable which include tumour related factors. A positive correlation has been associated between tumour pathology, brain stem invasion and size of tumour at time of presentation with development of CMS.

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