Author(s): Gonçalves da Silva José Alberto | Holanda Maurus Marques de Almeida | Leiros Maria do Desterro | Melo Luiz Ricardo Santiago | Araújo Antônio Fernandes de | Almeida Everardo Bandeira de
Journal: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
ISSN 0004-282X
Volume: 64;
Issue: 3A;
Start page: 668;
Date: 2006;
Original page
Keywords: basilar impression | Chiari malformation | syringomyelia | posterior fossa decompression | tight cisterna magna
ABSTRACT
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.
Journal: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
ISSN 0004-282X
Volume: 64;
Issue: 3A;
Start page: 668;
Date: 2006;
Original page
Keywords: basilar impression | Chiari malformation | syringomyelia | posterior fossa decompression | tight cisterna magna
ABSTRACT
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.