Transient cerebellar eye closure after posterior fossa surgery in a 5-year-old child.
BACKGROUND
Transient cerebellar eye closure (TCES) is a rare complication of cerebellar tumor surgery in children. The pathogenesis of this problem remains unclear, and controversy exists regarding whether it is a purely psychogenic disorder or an organic syndrome. The anatomical substrate for this transient eye closure remains unknown. Most of the cases reported were associated with the syndrome of mutism.


METHODS
We encountered a case of post-operative TCES in a 5-year-old girl with posterior fossa tumor.


RESULTS
We are presenting this rare complication with the hope of elucidating further on clinical course of illness and literature review on the possible pathophysiological mechanism.
Nasser
Munir J
MJ
King Fahd Hospital, King Faisal University, P.O. box 40010, Al- Khobar 31952, Saudi Arabia. munir1nasser@yahoo.com
D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology