Chiari I malformation with syrinx: An unexpected diagnosis in the emergency department

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 342-343

  Pratticò, Francesco ^a,b   Perfetti, Paola ^a   Gabrieli, Alberto ^a   Longo, Daniele ^a   Caroselli, Costantino ^a   Ricci, Giorgio ^a  

^a Hospital of Verona   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical trauma; Chiari I malformation; Emergency department; Syringomyelia; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 64849101511     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328302c819     Document Type: Article

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