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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 2/2006

01-02-2006 | Original Paper

Long-term effects of transient cerebellar mutism after cerebellar astrocytoma or medulloblastoma tumor resection in childhood

Authors: Joelene F. Huber, Kim Bradley, Brenda J. Spiegler, Maureen Dennis

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 2/2006

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Abstract

Background

Following cerebellar tumor resection, some patients develop transient cerebellar mutism (TCM). Although the mutism resolves, it is not known whether there are long-term motor speech deficits in patients with TCM that are in excess of those in individuals with cerebellar tumors who had not developed postoperative TCM.

Methods

Long-term survivors of cerebellar tumors resected in childhood who developed TCM were matched to survivors without TCM and to controls. Speech samples were formally analyzed by two speech pathologists.

Results

Tumor survivors who had TCM had significantly more ataxic dysarthric speech and slower speech than either those without TCM or controls and were more dysfluent than controls. Tumor survivors without TCM did not differ from controls on ataxic dysarthria or speech rate.

Conclusions

Survivors who had TCM showed more speech deficits than controls or survivors without TCM. The data suggest that speech deficits are chronic if not permanent sequelae of TCM.
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Metadata
Title
Long-term effects of transient cerebellar mutism after cerebellar astrocytoma or medulloblastoma tumor resection in childhood
Authors
Joelene F. Huber
Kim Bradley
Brenda J. Spiegler
Maureen Dennis
Publication date
01-02-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 2/2006
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-005-1223-4

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