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Dear sir, 13y male child present with ataxia for one month after falling in bathroom. PMH:known case of medulloblastoma operated on 4y ago+shunt operation.Then followed by chemotherapy. After the fall he was referred to his neurosurgeon who arrange CATscan and told them it is -ve. Do you think any relation between the fall and ataxia?or it is recurrence of the tumor? what is the next step?
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What is the status of the hydrocepahlus? Is the shunt functioning well. One may consider a D/D of recurrence of tumor, increasing hydrocephalus as possible causes.
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