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Asymptomatic cerebellar medulloblastoma unmasked by minor head injury
  1. J J McInerney,
  2. A J Colquhoun,
  3. G G Bodiwala
  1. Accident and Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Close, Leicester LE1 5WW
  1. Correspondence to: Dr McInerney

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.17.2.151

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    Patients who reattend the accident and emergency (A&E) department after a minor head with persistent symptoms of headache, dizziness, and fatigability are diagnosed commonly as suffering from postconcussional syndrome.1 Clinicians should be aware, however, that minor head injury may unmask previously asymptomatic neurological diseases, including tumours, berry aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and cerebral abscesses.2 We report such a case of asymptomatic cerebellar medulloblastoma presenting after minor head injury.

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