Proceedings of the first global meeting of the Posterior Fossa Society: state of the art in cerebellar mutism syndrome

Authors

Karin S. Walsh, , 15254 Shady Grove Road, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA. kwalsh@childrensnational.org.
Barry Pizer, Oncology Department, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Sharyl Samargia-Grivette, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, USA.
Andrew L. Lux, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK.
Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Ataxia Center, Cognitive Behavioral Neurology Unit, Laboratory for Neuroanatomy and Cerebellar Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Helen Hartley, Department of Physiotherapy, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Shivaram Avula, Department of Radiology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

4-22-2024

Journal

Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery

DOI

10.1007/s00381-024-06411-x

Keywords

Cerebellar; Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome; Mutism; Posterior fossa; Tumor

Abstract

PURPOSE: The Posterior Fossa Society, an international multidisciplinary group, hosted its first global meeting designed to share the current state of the evidence across the multidisciplinary elements of pediatric post-operative cerebellar mutism syndrome (pCMS). The agenda included keynote talks from world-leading speakers, compelling abstract presentations and engaging discussions led by members of the PFS special interest groups. METHODS: This paper is a synopsis of the first global meeting, a 3-day program held in Liverpool, England, UK, in September 2022. RESULTS: Topics included nosology, patient and family experience, cerebellar modulation of cognition, and cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome. In addition, updates from large-scale studies were shared as well as abstracts across neuroradiology, neurosurgery, diagnosis/scoring, ataxia, and rehabilitation. CONCLUSIONS: Based on data-driven evidence and discussions, each special interest group created research priorities to target before the second global meeting, in the spring of 2024.

APA Citation

Walsh, Karin S.; Pizer, Barry; Samargia-Grivette, Sharyl; Lux, Andrew L.; Schmahmann, Jeremy D.; Hartley, Helen; and Avula, Shivaram, "Proceedings of the first global meeting of the Posterior Fossa Society: state of the art in cerebellar mutism syndrome" (2024). GW Authored Works. Paper 4693.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/4693

Department

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences