Posterior fossa syndrome
Published: May 2016
Next review: May 2019
This factsheet has been written to help parents and carers understand posterior fossa syndrome (PFS), the name given to a collection of symptoms which may occur together following surgery to the back of the brain. PFS is also sometimes known as cerebellar mutism syndrome.
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How this resource was made
This factsheet was written by Louise Robinson, CLIC Sargent Neurooncology Nurse Keyworker (Nottingham), Dr Susanna Waern, Clinical Psychologist (The Royal Marsden), and Dr Sophie Thomas, Consultant Paediatric Neuropsychologist (Nottingham) in conjunction with the CCLG Publications Committee, comprising multiprofessional experts in the field of children’s cancer.
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