Transient Behavior Abnormality following injury to Splenium of Corpus Callosum during Ventriculoperitoneal shunt Surgery

A case of cerebellar tuberculoma, 17 year old girl, presented with complaints of headache, blurring of vision and difficulty in walking. Non-contrast computed tomography of head revealed obstructive hydrocephalus and a hypodense space occupying lesion in cerebellum. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain with contrast enhancement revealed large conglomerate cerebellar tuberculomas with obstructive hydrocephalus. She received antitubercular therapy and Right Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP shunt) surgery was done. In immediate post operative period she developed behavior abnormality for a brief duration which improved with conservative treatment. In the early post operative period and during follow up, the patient developed various complications but at the end of 1 year follow up she was cured of the disease without any residual deficit.