Multiple crossed false localizing signs in a posterior fossa tumour.
Involvement of the lower cranial nerves as false localizing signs of intracranial tumour is very rare. A laterally placed posterior fossa meningioma gave rise to contralateral cerebellar ataxia and palsies of the fifth, ninth, and tenth cranial nerves.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000209:etiology; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D005260:Female; D005930:Glossopharyngeal Nerve; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012886:Skull; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve; D014630:Vagus Nerve