Development of an acquired Chiari malformation Type I in the setting of an untreated lipomyelomeningocele: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-166

  Waldau, Ben ^a   Grant, Gerald ^a   Fuchs, Herbert ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired chiari malformation Type I; Lipomyelomeningocele; Pediatric neurosurgery; Syrinx; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIPOMYELOMENINGOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 40849096403     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/2/164     Document Type: Article

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