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Basilar impression associated with impacted cisterna magna, spastic paraparesis and distress of balance: case report.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17119816     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We report on a 48 years-old man with basilar impression without syringohydromyelia, in which the cisterna magna was impacted by the cerebellar tonsils. Six months after posterior fossa decompression there was the disappearance of nuchal rigidity, vertigo, spastic paraparesis and improvement of balance. Nevertheless hyperreflexia and diminished pallesthesia of the lower limbs persisted.
Authors:
José Alberto Gonçalves da Silva; Maurus Marques de Almeida Holanda; Maria do Desterro Leiros; Luiz Ricardo Santiago Melo; Antônio Fernandes de Araújo; Everardo Bandeira de Almeida
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria     Volume:  64     ISSN:  0004-282X     ISO Abbreviation:  Arq Neuropsiquiatr     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-11-22     Completed Date:  2007-07-30     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0125444     Medline TA:  Arq Neuropsiquiatr     Country:  Brazil    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  668-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Neurosurgical Unit, Hospital Santa Isabel, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Arnold-Chiari Malformation / complications,  diagnosis*,  surgery
Cisterna Magna*
Decompression, Surgical
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Paraparesis, Spastic / diagnosis*,  etiology,  surgery
Platybasia / complications,  diagnosis*,  surgery
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2006 Dec;64(4):1053; author reply 1053   [PMID:  17221026 ]

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