A case of intractable nausea and vomiting following posterior fossa craniotomy

N. V. Radhakrishnan Department of Gastroenterology

N. Saravanan Department of Medicine, Rochdale Infirmary, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Rochdale

R. N. Namushi Department of Medicine, Rochdale Infirmary, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Rochdale

R. K. Sharma Department of Gastroenterology

C. W. Johns Nuclear Medicine

C. G. H. West Department of Neurosurgery, Hope Hospital, Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust Salford, UK

Abstract

We describe a unique case of prolonged nausea and vomiting following posterior fossa craniotomy for removal of a meningioma. No apparent neurological or gastrointestinal causes were discovered except for a delayed gastric emptying time. The symptoms gradually resolved along with normalization of the gastric emptying time. Possible pathogenic mechanisms are discussed.

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