Transient cerebellar eye closure and mutism after cerebellar tumor surgery: long-term clinical follow-up of neurologic and behavioral disturbances in a 14-year-old girl.

Transient cerebellar eye closure (TCES) is a complication of cerebellar tumor surgery in children and is almost exclusively observed in the context of the syndrome of mutism and subsequent dysarthria. As knowledge about the course of transient cerebellar eye closure is absent, we describe in detail the clinical picture in a 14-year-old girl. The process of improvement of TCES is characterized by four distinct phases, can last more than 1 month and may be associated with severe persistent cerebellar dysfunction. Copyright 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel