Neuropsychological Profile in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumors with or Without Postoperative Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome (CMS).

Neuropsychological Profile in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumors with or Without Postoperative Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome (CMS). Cerebellum. 2019 Dec 12;: Authors: Cámara S, Fournier MC, Cordero P, Melero J, Robles F, Esteso B, Vara MT, Rodríguez S, Lassaletta Á, Budke M Abstract Cerebellar mutism syndrome (CMS) is a common surgical sequela in children following posterior fossa tumor (PFT) resection. Here, we analyze the neuropsychological features associated with PFT in children, focusing particularly on the differential profiles associated with the presence or absence of CMS after surgery. We further examine the effect of post-resection treatments, tumor type, and presence/absence of hydrocephalus on surgical outcome. Thirty-six patients diagnosed with PFT (19 with and 17 without CMS) and 34 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. A comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation was conducted in all patients postoperatively and in HCs, including an assessment of general cognitive ability, motor skills, perception, language, memory, attention, executive functions, and academic competence. CMS was found to be a clinical marker of lower neuropsychological profile scores across all cognitive domains except auditory-verbal processing and visual memory tasks. PFT patients not presenting CMS exhibited milder impairment in intellectual functioning, motor tasks, reasoning, language, verbal learning and recall, atten...
Source: Cerebellum - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Cerebellum Source Type: research