title: Supratentorial arterial ischemic stroke following cerebellar tumor resection in two children.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Neurology, Erasmus MC/Sophia Children Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. c.catsman@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Coriene E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Catsman-Berrevoets
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Breemen
authors.forename: Marie Lise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: van Veelen
authors.forename: Inge M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Appel
authors.forename: Maarten H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lequin
mesh_terms: 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