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Başlangıçta anksiyete ile giden uyum bozukluğu olarak değerlendirilen bir serebellar mutizm olgusu

Year 2024, Volume: 49 Issue: 1, 232 - 234, 29.03.2024
https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.1356140

Abstract

Serebellum, denge ve motor fonksiyonun yanı sıra, daha yüksek bilişsel süreçlerde ve duygulanım düzenlemede de rol oynar. Sol serebellar hemisfer yürütme görevlerinden sorumlu olabilirken, sağ serebellar hemisfer dil algısı, konuşma zamanlaması, motor planlama, sözel bilginin geçici olarak depolanması, sözel akıcılık ve gramerin işlenmesinde rol oynayabilir. "Serebellar mutizm" (CM), sinirlilik, duygusal değişkenlik ve sosyal geri çekilme ile birlikte konuşmanın yokluğunu veya ciddi şekilde azalmasını tanımlar. CM çocukların %11.0-29.0'unda posterior fossayı içeren cerrahilerden sonra gelişebilir ve özellikle medulloblastom ve/veya beyin sapı lezyonları olan hastalarda görülür. Bununla birlikte, serebellumu içeren iskemik inmelerden sonra gelişen vakalar da tanımlanmıştır. Tümör nedeniyle ameliyat edilen CM hastalarında, tipik olarak, konuşma ameliyattan sonra kısa bir süre normaldir ve daha sonra bozulur. Hastaların çoğunda mutizm haftalar ila aylar sonra düzelir, ancak bazılarında daha uzun süre devam edebilir. CM'nin kesin patofizyolojisi belirsizdir ve sendromun özellikleri psikolojik kökenli olarak yorumlanabilir. Burada, üç yaşındaki bir çocukta CM tanısı bildirilmektedir.

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A case of cerebellar mutism initially diagnosed as adjustment disorder with anxiety

Year 2024, Volume: 49 Issue: 1, 232 - 234, 29.03.2024
https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.1356140

Abstract

Cerebellum, along with balance and motor function, also plays a role in higher cognitive processes and affect regulation. Left cerebellar hemisphere may be responsible for executive tasks while right cerebellar hemisphere may play roles in language perception, speech timing, motor planning, transient storage of verbal information, verbal fluency and processing grammar. “Cerebellar mutism” (CM) defines absence or severe reduction of speech along with irritability, emotional lability and social withdrawal . CM may develop in 11.0-29.0 % of children after surgeries involving the posterior fossa and is especially seen among patients with medulloblastomas and/ or brainstem lesions. However, cases developing after ischemic strokes involving the cerebellum have also been described. In CM patients who were operated on for tumors, typically, the speech is normal for a brief period after surgery and deteriorates thereafter. In the majority of patients, mutism resolves after weeks to months although it may persist longer in some. The exact pathophysiology of CM is unclear and features of the syndrome may be interpreted as psychological in origin. Here, we report diagnosis of CM in a three-years old toddler.

References

  • Stoodley CJ, Schmahmann JD. Evidence for topographic organization in the cerebellum of motor control versus cognitive and affective processing. Cortex. 2010;46:831-44.
  • Marien P, Ackermann H, Adamaszek M, Barwood CH, Beaton A. Desmond J, et al. Consensus Paper: Language and the cerebellum: an ongoing enigma. Cerebellum. 2014;13:386–410.
  • De Witte E, Wilssens I, De Surgeloose D, Dua G, Moens M, Verhoeven J, Manto M, Marien P. Apraxia of speech and cerebellar mutism syndrome: a case report. Cerebellum Ataxias. 2017;4:1-9.
  • Gudrunardottir T, Sehested A, Juhler M, Schmiegelow K. Cerebellar mutism: review of the literature. Childs Nerv Syst. 2011;27:355-63.
  • Moscote- Salazar LR, Alvis-Miranda H, Lee A, Escorcia HF, Castellar-Leones SM. Transient Mutism and cerebellar ischemic stroke: case report. Rom Neurosurg. 2013;20:271-76.
  • Aydemir O, Noyan A, Gulseren S, Kayahan B, Bodur Z, Elbi E et al. Development of delirium rating scale, reliability and validity. Journal of Psychiatry Psychology Psychopharmacology. 1998;6:21-7.
  • Guy W. ECDEU Assessment Manual For Psychopharmachology. Rockville, MD, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. 1976.
  • American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -5th Edition (DSM-5). Washington DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Psychiatry
Journal Section Letter to the Editor
Authors

Gülşah Çomak 0009-0009-3490-6082

Şeyma Selcen Macit 0009-0005-7048-0358

Ali Evren Tufan 0000-0001-5207-6240

Yusuf Öztürk 0000-0002-3412-9879

Publication Date March 29, 2024
Acceptance Date November 11, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 49 Issue: 1

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MLA Çomak, Gülşah et al. “A Case of Cerebellar Mutism Initially Diagnosed As Adjustment Disorder With Anxiety”. Cukurova Medical Journal, vol. 49, no. 1, 2024, pp. 232-4, doi:10.17826/cumj.1356140.