Impacted cisterna magna without syringomyelia associated with spastic paraparesis: case report

Impacted cisterna magna without syringomyelia associated with spastic paraparesis: case report

We report on a 49 year old man with impacted cisterna magna without the presence of syringohydromyelie (SM). The clinical picture was characterized by spastic paraparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging depicted a cisterna magna filled by the cerebellar tonsils. Six months after osteodural-neural decomp...

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Main Authors: Gonçalves da Silva José Alberto, Costa Maria do Desterro Leiros da, Holanda Maurus Marques de Almeida, Melo Luiz Ricardo Santiago, Araújo Antônio Fernandes Almeida de, Viana André Pachelli Bezerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2006-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
tight cisterna magna
impacted cisterna magna
Chiari malformation
posterior fossa decompression
spastic paraparesis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2006000400030
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