Chiari malformation type I with concomitant persistent trigeminal artery: Report of an unusual case and a review of the current literature

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-35

  Oertel, Matthias ^a,b   Kastner S ^a   Winking, M ^a   Boker D K ^a   Deinsberger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Persistent primitive trigeminal artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; TRIGEMINUS ARTERY;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTERIES; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CYSTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33644830660     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-836920     Document Type: Review

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