title: Surgical treatment of cerebellar schistosomiasis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the surgical treatment of cerebellar schistosomiasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twelve cases of cerebellar schistosomiasis treated in our department were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All cases were cured. At the 2-year follow-up examination, all patients could perform physical tasks normally.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cerebellar schistosomiasis tends to cause mass effect of the posterior cranial fossa and increased intracranial pressure. Microresection of the pathological focus and decompression of the posterior cranial fossa should be effective therapeutic measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Suojun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lei
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020818:Neuroschistosomiasis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult