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Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
(
DDS
) is a central nervous system disorder that occurs during or after hemodialysis. This is caused by brain edema that manifests as neurological symptoms that include headache,
emesis
, nausea, blurring of vision, disturbed consciousness, tremors and seizures, and in severe cases, death. The incidence of
DDS
is very high among patients with preexisting neurological diseases. There has been much debate about the origin of
DDS
. We report a case of
DDS
, as presenting syndrome of a medulloblastoma in a child aged 5 years, and discuss the pathogenesis and the possible role of
DDS
for an earlier detection of occult brain lesions in dialyzed patients.
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PMID:Medulloblastoma presenting as dialysis disequilibrium syndrome. 2209 4
