Cerebellar slump following removal of haematoma: a manifestation of hydrocephalus?

Abstract

Cerebellar slump is a rarely reported complication of craniocervical decompression for Chiari malformation. This is known to occur following an oversized bony decompression of the cranio-vertebral junction. The index case is the first reported which developed this phenomenon following cerebellar hemispheric haematoma removal. Disturbance of CSF circulation in the presence of a calvarial defect may have been the cause. The patient was treated with a titanium mesh cranioplasty of the posterior cranial defect, followed by a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.

Keywords:

• Cerebellar slump/ptosis
• cerebellar haematoma
• hydrocephalus

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