Spontaneous resolution of syringomyelia and Chiari malformation Type I in a patient with cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 769-771

  Coppa, Nicholas D ^a   Kim, H Jeffrey ^a   McGrail, Kevin M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Chiari malformation; Otorrhea; Spontaneous resolution; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHOLESTEATOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; EAR INFECTION; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MASTOIDECTOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REMISSION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 33750706195     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.5.769     Document Type: Article

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