Basilar impression associated with impacted cisterna magna, spastic paraparesis and distress of balance: case report / Impressão basilar associada com cisterna magna impactada, paraparesia espástica e distúrbios do equilíbrio: relato de caso
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
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64(3a): 668-671, set. 2006. ilus
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in English, Portuguese
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ABSTRACT
We report on a 48 years-old man with basilar impression without syringohydromyelia, in which the cisterna magna was impacted by the cerebellar tonsils. Six months after posterior fossa decompression there was the disappearance of nuchal rigidity, vertigo, spastic paraparesis and improvement of balance. Nevertheless hyperreflexia and diminished pallesthesia of the lower limbs persisted.
RESUMO
O presente relato descreve um homem de 48 anos com impressão basilar, sem siringo-hidromielia, no qual a cisterna magna se achava impactada pelas tonsilas cerebelares. O quadro clínico era caracterizado, especialmente, por paraparesia espástica. Seis meses após a descompressão da fossa posterior houve regressão da rigidez de nuca, vertigem, paraparesia espástica inicialmente observadas e melhora do equilíbrio. A hiperreflexia e a hipopalestesia persistiram nos membros inferiores.
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Main subject:
Platybasia
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Arnold-Chiari Malformation
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Cisterna Magna
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Paraparesis, Spastic
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
Journal subject:
Neurology
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Psychiatry
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Santa Isabel/BR
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