Association of the Adult Chiari Malformation and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: More than a coincidence

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 859-863

  Bejjani, Ghassan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; WATER;

BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037410572     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00064-1     Document Type: Review

References (55)

1. Bejjani G. K., Cockerham K. P. The Adult Chiari Malformation. Contemp Neurosurg 2001; 23(26): 1-8.
2. Bejjani G. K. The definition of the Adult Chiari Malformation: a brief historical overview. Neurosurg Focus 2001; 11(1): 1-8, Article 1.
3. Barkovich A. J., Wippold F. J., Sherman J. L., Citrin C. M. Significance of cerebellar tonsillar position on MR. AJNR 1986; 7: 795-799.
4. Aboulezz A. O., Sartor K., Geyer C. A., Gado M. H. Position of cerebellar tonsils in the normal population and in patients with Chiari malformation: a quantitative approach to MR imaging. J Comp Ass Tom 1985; 9: 1033-1036.
5. Alcaron G. S., Bradley L. A., Hadley M. N. et al. Does Chiari Malformation contribute to fibromyalgia symptoms?. Arthritis Rheum 1997; 40(Suppl. 9): S190.
6. Bejjani G. K. What do Tonsillar Herniation and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension have in common? Successful management of recurrent Chiari Malformation with CSF diversion. In: Transactions of the 12th World Congress of Neurosurgery, WFNS, Sydney, Australia: September 16-21, 2001.
7. Bejjani G. K., Maroon J. C., Cockerham K. P., Kennerdell J. S., Rothfus W. E. Treatment of Failed Adult Chiari Malformation Decompression with CSF Drainage: Initial Report. Skull Base Surg 2002; 12(Suppl. 1): 4.
8. Bejjani G. K., Cockerham K. P., Pless M., Rothfus W. E. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Contemp Neurosurg 2002; 24(9): 1-9.
9. Giuseffi V., Wall M., Siegel P. Z., Rojas P. B. Symptoms and disease associations in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri): a case-controlled study. Neurology 1991; 41: 239-244.
10. Round R., Keane J. R. The minor symptoms of increased intracranial pressure: 101 patients with benign intracranial hypertension. Neurology 1988; 38: 1461-1464.
11. Dandy W. E. Intracranial pressure without brain tumor. Ann Surg 1937; 106(4): 492-513.
12. Bortoluzzi M., DiLauro L., Marini G. Benign intracranial hypertension with spinal and radicular pain. J Neurosurg 1982; 57: 833-836.
13. Spence J. D., Amacher L. A., Willis N. R. Benign intracranial hypertension without papilledema: role of 24 hours cerebrospinal fluid pressure monitoring in diagnosis and management. Neurosurgery 1980; 7: 326-336.
14. Scanarini M., Mingrino S., d'Avella D., Della Corte V. Benign intracranial hypertension without papilledema: case report. Neurosurgery 1979; 5: 376-377.
15. Marcellis J., Silberstein S. D. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension without papilledema. Arch Neurol 1991; 48: 392-399.
16. Wang S. J., Silberstein S. D., Patterson S., Young W. B. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension without papilledema. A case control study in a headache center. Neurology 1998; 51: 245-249.
17. Berman B., Agarwal G. An Integrative approach to intracranial hydraulic physiology. I. Basic concepts, pressure-volume relationships, and infusion studies. Surg Neurol 1984; 22: 83-95.
18. Johnston I., Paterson A. Benign intracranial hypertension I. Diagnosis and Prognosis. Brain 1974; 97: 289-300.
19. Ireland B., Corbet J. J., Wallace R. B. The search for causes of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Arch Neurol 1990; 47: 315-320.
20. Sklar F. H. Pseudotumor cerebri. In: R. H. Wilkins, S. S. Rengashary (eds). Neurosurgery. New York: McGrawHill, 1996: 357-361.
21. Gjerris F., Sorensen P. S., Vorstrup S., Paulson O. B. Intracranial pressure, conductance to cerebrospinal fluid outflow, and cerebral blood flow in patients with benign intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri). Ann Neurol 1985; 17: 158-162.
22. Mathew N. T., Meyer J. S., Ott E. O. Increased cerebral blood volume in benign intracranial hypertension. Neurology 1975; 26: 646-649.
23. Radhakrishnan K., Ahlskog J. E., Garrity J. A., Kurland L. T. Subject Review-Idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Mayo Clin Proc 1994; 69: 169-180.
24. Sahs A. L., Joynt R. J. Brain swelling of unknown cause. Neurology 1956; 6: 791-803.
25. Raichle M. E., Grubb R. L., Phelps M. E., Gado M. H., Caronna J. J. Cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism in Pseudotumor cerebri. Ann Neurol 1978; 4: 104-111.
26. Moser F. G., Hilal S. K., Abrams G., Bello J. A., Schipper H., Silver A. J. MR Imaging of pseudotumor cerebri. AJR 1988; 150: 903-909.
27. Sorensen P. S., Thomsen C., Gjerris F., Henriksen O. Brain water accumulation in pseudotumour cerebri demonstrated by MR-imaging of brain water self-diffusion. Acts Neurochir Suppl (Wien) 1990; 51: 363-365.
28. Kessler L. A., Novelli P. M., Reigel D. H. Surgical treatment of benign intracranial hypertension-subtemporal decompression revisited. Surg Neurol 1998; 50: 73-76.
29. Sklar F. H., Linder M., Johnston R. A. The effect of craniectomy on the intracranial pressure-volume relationship and its relevance to the syndrome of the shunt dependent ventricles. In: S. Ishii, H. Nagai, M. Brock (eds). Intracranial Pressure V. Berlin: Springer, 1983: 291-293.
30. Douglas D. M. The healing of aponeurotic incisions. Br J Surg 1952; 40: 79.
31. Adams R. D., Schatzki R., Schatzki R., Scoville W. B. The Arnold-Chiari malformation. NEJM 1941; 225: 125-135.
32. Milhorat T. H., Chou M. W., Trinidad E. M., Kula R. W., Mandell M., Wolpert C., Speer M. C. Chiari I malformation redefined: clinical and radiographic findings for 364 symptomatic patients. Neurosurgery 1999; 44: 1005-1017.
33. Heiss J. D., Patronas N., DeVroom H. L., Shawker T., Ennis R., Kammerer W., Eidsath A., Talbot T., Morris J., Eskioglu E., Oldfield E. H. Elucidating the pathophysiology of syringomyelia. J Neurosurg 1999; 91: 553-562.
34. Cinalli G., Chumas P., Arnaud E. Occipital remodeling and suboccipital decompression in severe craniosynostosis associated with tonsfilar herniation. Neurosurgery 1998; 42: 66-73.
35. Elisevich K., Fontaine S., Bertrand G. Syringomyelia as a complication of Paget's disease. J Neurosurg 1987; 66: 611-613.
36. Kuether T. A., Piatt J. H. Chiari malformation associated with vitamin D-resistant rickets: case report. Neurosurgery 1998; 42: 1168-1171.
37. Rengachary S. S., Blount J., Heros D., Bowers S., Truwit C. Craniocephalic disproportion with increased intracranial pressure and brain herniation: A new clinical syndrome in anemic patients: report of two cases. Neurosurgery 1997; 41: 297-304.
38. Badie B., Mendoza D., Batzdorf U. Posterior fossa volume and response to suboccipital decompression in patients with Chiari I malformation. Neurosurgery 1995; 37: 214-217.
39. Nishikawa M., Sakamoto H., Hakuba A., Nakanishi N., Inoue Y. Pathogenesis of Chiari malformation: a morphometric study of the posterior cranial fossa. J Neurosurg 1997; 86: 40-47.
40. Nyland H., Krogness K. G. Size of posterior fossa in Chiari type I malformation in adults. Acts Neurochir 1978; 40: 233-242.
41. Stovner L. J., Bergan U., Nilsen G., Sjaastad O. Posterior cranial fossa dimensions in the Chiari I malformation: relation to pathogenesis and clinical presentation. Neuroradiology 1993; 35: 113-118.
42. Marin-Padilla M., Marin-Padilla T. M. Morphogenesis of experimentally induced Arnold-Chiari malformation. J Neurol Sci 1981; 50: 29-55.
43. Onesti S. T., Ashkenazi E., Miller A. M., Michelsen W. J. Resolution of acquired tonsillar herniation after resection of supratentorial meningioma. J Neurosurg 1997; 86: 572.
44. Sheehan J. M., Jane J. A. Resolution of tonsillar herniation and syringomyelia after supratentorial tumor resection: case report and review of the literature. Neurosurgery 2000; 47: 233-235.
45. Sgaramella E., Perria C. Regression of syringomyelia after removal of a posterior fossa epidermoid tumour. Br J Neurosurg 1996; 10: 409-411.
46. Tokime T., Okamoto S., Yamagata S., Konishi T. Syringomyelia associated with a posterior fossa cyst. J Neurosurg 1997; 86: 807.
47. Meador K. J., Swift T. R. Tinnitus from intracranial hypertension. Neurology 1984; 34: 1258-1261.
48. Santinelli R., Tolone C., Toraldo R., Canino G., De Simone A., D'Avanzo M. Familial idiopathic intracranial hypertension with spinal and radicular pain. Arch Neurol 1998; 55: 854-856.
49. Groves M. D., McCutcheon I. E., Ginsberg L. E., Athanassios P. Radicular pain can be a symptom of elevated intracranial pressure. Neurology 1999; 52: 1093-1095.
50. Wall M. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Neurol Clin 1991; 9(1): 73-95.
51. Wall M. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Sem Ophth 1995; 10(3): 251-259.
52. Weisberg L. Benign intracranial hypertension. Medicine 1975; 54: 197-207.
53. Meadows J., Kraut M., Guarnieri M., Haroun R. I., Carson B. S. Asymptomatic Chiari type I malformations identified on magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurosurg 2000; 92: 920-926.
54. Johnston I., Jacobson E., Besser M. The acquired Chiari malformation and syringomyelia following spinal CSF drainage: a study of incidence and management. Acta Neurochir 1998; 140: 417-428.
55. Cuypers J., Matakas F., Potolicchio S. J. Effect of central venous pressure on brain tissue pressure and volume. J Neurosurg 1976; 45: 89-94.