Acute cerebellar hemorrhage and CT evidence of tight posterior fossa
Weisberg, L.A.
Neurology 36(6): 858-860
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3878 PMID: 3703296 Document Number: 282540
We studied 14 patients with cerebellar hemorrhage and a tight posterior fossa, defined by the following CT criteria: effacement of the basal cisterns and ventricular enlargement consistent with obstructive hydrocephalus. In 10 patients, the fourth ventricle was not seen; in 4, it was enlarged and filled with blood. Six patients died before surgery, and eight were treated surgically. Six patients with cerebellar hemorrhage but no CT evidence of a tight posterior fossa survived without surgery.