Sudden onset of Chiari malformation Type I in previously asymptomatic patients: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 438-442

  Massimi, Luca ^a   Della Pepa, Giuseppe Maria ^a   Tamburrini, Gianpiero ^a   Di Rocco, Concezio ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abrupt onset; Chiari malformation Type I; Sudden death; Syringobulbia; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HERNIA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPESTHESIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIOSIS; NECK PAIN; NOONAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DYSPNEA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECK INJURIES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NOONAN SYNDROME; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPINE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 80655145847     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.8.PEDS11160     Document Type: Article

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