Ossified pseudomeningocele following Chiari decompression surgery in a patient with Kleeblattschädel deformity: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-206

  Reynolds, Matthew R ^a,b   Blackburn, Spiros L ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation Type I; Cloverleaf skull deformity; Kleeblattsch del; Ossified pseudomeningocele; Posterior fossa decompression

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACK; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLOVERLEAF SKULL DEFORMITY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOPLASTY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; OSSIFIED PSEUDOMENINGOCELE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 14; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; KARYOTYPING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; COGNITION DISORDERS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 54049149074     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/2/9/203     Document Type: Article

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