Abstract

ROIG CARABALLO, Esteban; VALLADARES RODRIGUEZ, César Luis  and  BLANCO GONZALEZ, Roberto. Posterior fossa meningioma with hydrocephalus after surgical resection. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2022, vol.26, n.2, pp. 475-482.  Epub June 01, 2022. ISSN 1029-3043.

Posterior fossa meningiomas represent 10% in relation to the other sites where they may be located. These lesions can compromise cerebrospinal fluid circulation. We present a 67-year-old female patient with a previous history of walking disorders, observing walking difficulty with 15 days of evolution. Diagnosis was made by a tomography of the space-occupying lesion located in the posterior fossa. The patient underwent surgery and subsequently developed acute non-communicating hydrocephalus, for which a ventricle-peritoneal shunt was performed. No other complications were associated with surgical intervention.

Keywords : meningiomas: posterior fossa: hydrocephalus: shunt.

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