clinical features

Last reviewed 01/2018

The most usual presentation of medulloblastoma is with a short history of features of raised intracranial pressure - listlessness, vomiting and early morning headache.

Unsteadiness, falls and double vision follow, and develop over a few days.

Examination will demonstrate gait and truncal ataxia, paralytic strabismus, papilloedema and nystagmus. Neck stiffness due to tonsillar herniation is common.