Acute deterioration in occult Chiari malformation following missile spinal trauma: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-389

  Shahlaie, Kiarash ^a   Hartman, Jonathan ^c   Utter, Garth H ^b   Schrot, Rudolph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Davis ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Chiari malformation; Missile spinal injury; Suboccipital decompression; Tonsillar herniation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; APNEA; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CRANIECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MISSILE WOUND; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPINAL INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 41749094288     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/8/4/385     Document Type: Article

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