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Title: | Migrating pseudomeningocele causing posterior fossa syndrome | Authors: | de Jong, Lars Engelborghs, Koen VANDEVENNE, Jan WEYNS, Frank |
Issue Date: | 2012 | Publisher: | INFORMA HEALTHCARE | Source: | BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, 26 (4), p. 537-539 | Abstract: | We present two cases of spontaneous intracerebellar migration of a pseudomeningocele. This is a rarely reported complication of posterior fossa surgery with possible life threatening cerebellar mass effect. The probable mechanism is a slow but progressive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) movement (one-way valve mechanism) into the pseudomeningocele with secondary herniation or dissection through a weakened dura into the cerebellum causing progressive or acute cerebellar dysfunction. Evacuation and dural repair with or without CSF shunting or marsupialisation results in resolution of the symptoms. | Notes: | [de Jong, Lars] Katholieke Univ Leuven Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium. [Engelborghs, Koen; Weyns, Frank] ZOL Genk, Dept Neurosurg, Genk, Belgium. [Vandevenne, Jan] ZOL Genk, Dept Radiol, Genk, Belgium. [Weyns, Frank] Hasselt Univ, Hasselt, Belgium. lars.dejong@uzleuven.be | Keywords: | Clinical Neurology; Surgery;pseudomeningocele; posterior fossa; cerebellar syndrome; cerebrospinal fluid | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13977 | ISSN: | 0268-8697 | e-ISSN: | 1360-046X | DOI: | 10.3109/02688697.2012.685786 | ISI #: | 000306969600020 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2013 |
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