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Multiple crossed false localizing signs in a posterior fossa tumour

R. S. Maurice‐Williams

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Involvement of the lower cranial nerves as false localizing signs of intracranial tumour is very rare. A laterally placed posterior fossa meningioma gave rise to contralateral cerebellar ataxia and palsies of the fifth, ninth, and tenth cranial nerves.

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Involvement of the lower cranial nerves as false localizing signs of intracranial tumour is very rare. A laterally placed posterior fossa meningioma gave rise to contralateral cerebellar ataxia and palsies of the fifth, ninth, and tenth cranial nerves.

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Involvement of the lower cranial nerves as false localizing signs of intracranial tumour is very rare. A laterally placed posterior fossa meningioma gave rise to contralateral cerebellar ataxia and palsies of the fifth, ninth, and tenth cranial nerves.

Key concepts: Posterior cranial fossa, Meningioma, Cranial nerves, Ataxia, Posterior fossa, Medicine, Anatomy, Radiology

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