title: Cerebellar mutism following posterior fossa tumour surgery.
abstract: Two cases of transient mutism following operative removal of cerebellar medulloblastoma are reported. These add to the few cases reported in the literature of this rare complication of posterior fossa tumour surgery in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The General Infirmary at Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Kirollos
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Van Hille
mesh_terms: D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009155:Mutism / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*