Cerebellar mutism syndrome (CMS): management

Evidence-based neurology checklist on cerebellar mutism syndrome (cms): management: Investigations Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) Single photon emission tomography (SPECT) Positron emission tomography (PET) Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI): this may predict reversibility Treatments (case reports)…

Investigations

  • Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)
  • Single photon emission tomography (SPECT)
  • Positron emission tomography (PET)
  • Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI): this may predict reversibility

Treatments (case reports)

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References

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  2. Dimova PS, Bojinova VS, Milanov IG. Transient mutism and pathologic laughter in the course of cerebellitis. Pediatr Neurol 2009; 41:49-52. 
  3. Gedik GK, Sari O, Köktekir E, Akdemir G. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography findings in a patient with cerebellar mutism after operation in posterior fossa. Asian J Surg 2017; 40:166-170.
  4. Nicita F, Paiano M, Liberatore M, et al. Sudden benzodiazepine-induced resolution of post-operative pediatric cerebellar mutism syndrome: a clinical-SPECT study. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2017; 159:475-479.
  5. Chua FHZ, Thien A, Ng LP, et al. Post-operative diffusion weighted imaging as a predictor of posterior fossa syndrome permanence in paediatric medulloblastoma. Childs Nerv Syst 2017; 33:457-465.
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