Syringomyelia with Chiari malformation; 3 unusual cases with implications for pathogenesis

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1137-1143

  Owler, Brian Kenneth ^a,b   Halmagyi, G M ^a   Brennan, J ^a   Besser, M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dandy Walker malformation; Idiopathic intracranial hypotension; Pseudotumour cerebri; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CISTERNOGRAPHY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MARFAN SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARFAN SYNDROME; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 6344266834     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0323-3     Document Type: Article

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