Abstract

We report the case of a 51-year-old woman who underwent excision of a left postero-inferior, para-vermian cerebellar hemangioblastoma and foramen magnum decompression for an associated acquired Chiari I malformation. Two weeks postoperatively she developed a pseudomeningocele, bilateral supra- and infratentorial subdural hygromata, and a clinical disorder compatible with the cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome. There was no response to drainage of the left supratentorial collection. CSF aspiration from a pseudomeningocele lead to resolution of her syndrome and the subdural effusions. The relationships between the subdural hygromas, pseudomeningocele, location of the lesion within the cerebellum, cerebellar oedema, and the cause of her cognitive-affective syndrome are discussed.

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