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  • Title: [Transitory cerebellar mutism: report of 2 cases].
    Author: Da Silva JA, Atayde Sde A, Brito JC, da Nóbrega PV, Neves VD.
    Journal: Arq Neuropsiquiatr; 1999 Dec; 57(4):1011-6. PubMed ID: 10683695.
    Abstract:
    We present two cases of mutism observed after resection of tumors of the cerebellum, in two children of the feminine sex, being in the first case of medulloblastoma and in the second of juvenile astrocytoma. In both patients there was pre-operative lesion of low cranial nerves. The pathophysiology of the mutism involves anatomical, vascular and emotional factors, being its essential characteristics discussed with base in revision of the literature.
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