====== Posterior fossa tumor complications ======

===== Obstructive hydrocephalus from posterior fossa tumors =====
[[Obstructive hydrocephalus from posterior fossa tumor]].


===== Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome =====
 
Quarante et al report 2 new pediatric cases of [[posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome]] (PRES) that developed after surgical resection of a [[posterior fossa tumor]]. Appropriate management includes supportive measures, antihypertensive agents, and antiepileptic drugs, if needed. Full recovery is the most likely outcome in line with previous articles
((Quarante LH, Mena-Bernal JH, Martín BP, Carrasco MR, Casado MJ, de Aragón AM, 
de Las Heras RS. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): a rare
condition after resection of posterior fossa tumors: two new cases and review of 
the literature. Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 May;32(5):857-63. doi:
10.1007/s00381-015-2954-5. Epub 2015 Nov 19. Erratum in: Childs Nerv Syst. 2016
Apr;32(4):763. PubMed PMID: 26584552.)).