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SynthesisChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2018

Non-surgical transient cerebellar mutism-case report and systematic review.

Serge Makarenko, Navneet Singh, Patrick J McDonald

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Synthesis in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 50% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cerebellar mutism syndrome of non-tumour surgical aetiology-a case report and literature review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Cerebellar mutism syndrome in pediatric head trauma with cerebellar injury.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022
    Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Serge MakarenkoDepartment of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital and University of British Columbia, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada. smakarenko@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6283-249X
Navneet SinghDivision of Neurosurgery, BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Patrick J McDonaldDepartment of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital and University of British Columbia, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTransient cerebellar mutism has been well recognized in literature as a complication of posterior fossa tumor resection. It is marked by profound impairment of fluency, articulation, and modulation of speech, irritability and autistic features and typically resolves within days to months. Underlying pathophysiology is debated, but currently unknown.

methodsWe present a case of a child with similar clinical findings after cerebellitis, demonstration of diffuse cerebellar signal changes, swelling, and protruding tonsils at the level of foramen magnum. DISCUSSION: To support the hypothesis that this clinical syndrome may occur in a non-surgical context, we present a review of literature of non-surgical transient cerebellar mutism.

Indexed as

Brain EdemaCerebellar DiseasesChildFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMutismPostoperative ComplicationsCerebellarCerebellitisMutismTransient

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PMID29067507
OpenAlexW2765954074

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