title: Cisternal abnormalities produced by clinical tumours in the posterior cranial fossa. I. Cerebellar tumours.
abstract: A detailed analysis of the deformities of the subarachnoid cisterns was carried out in a clinical material of 65 cases with cerebellar tumours examined by encephalography. The distortion of the cisterns was related to 8 different tumour positions, and the results compared with those from a previous experimental investigation. Typical cisternal distortions for cerebellar tumours are listed, constituting a basis for a general analysis of the cisternal abnormalities demonstrated by whatever means of neuroradiologic procedure employed: pneumography, computer tomography or cisternography with positive contrast medium.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002946:Cisterna Magna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*