Supratentorial arterial ischemic stroke following cerebellar tumor resection in two children.
We describe two children who developed ischemic strokes in the territory of the middle cerebral artery, one 7 days and one 11 days after resection of a cerebellar tumor. In the first child, another infarction occurred in the territory of the contralateral middle cerebral artery 5 days after the first stroke. No specific cause or underlying risk factor other than the surgical procedure was found. The subacute clinical course at stroke onset resembled that of the 'posterior fossa syndrome', suggesting a common underlying mechanism.
Catsman-Berrevoets
Coriene E
CE
Department of Child Neurology, Erasmus MC/Sophia Children Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. c.catsman@erasmusmc.nl
van Breemen
Melanie
M
van Veelen
Marie Lise
ML
Appel
Inge M
IM
Lequin
Maarten H
MH
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D018237:Germinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications