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We report a rare case of trigeminal neuralgia. A 23-year-old woman with a history of 1 year of typical trigeminal neuralgia manifested the characteristics of basilar impression. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated basilar impression, deformity of the posterior fossa with asymmetry of petrous bone, and compression of medulla oblongata in the topography of the odontoid apophysis. The operation was performed through a suboccipital craniectomy. The neuralgia disappeared after surgery and remains completely resolved until today. This is the second reported case of trigeminal neuralgia in a patient with basilar impression in Brazil.
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.
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Arnold-Chiari Malformation/diagnosis , Cisterna Magna , Paraparesis, Spastic/diagnosis , Platybasia/diagnosis , Arnold-Chiari Malformation/complications , Arnold-Chiari Malformation/surgery , Decompression, Surgical , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Paraparesis, Spastic/etiology , Paraparesis, Spastic/surgery , Platybasia/complications , Platybasia/surgeryABSTRACT
We report on a 49 year old man with impacted cisterna magna without the presence of syringohydromyelie (SM). The clinical picture was characterized by spastic paraparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging depicted a cisterna magna filled by the cerebellar tonsils. Six months after osteodural-neural decompression of the posterior fossa there was resolution of neurological symptoms and signs with the exception of hyperactive patellar and Achilles reflexes.
Subject(s)
Arnold-Chiari Malformation/diagnosis , Cisterna Magna , Paraparesis, Spastic/diagnosis , Arnold-Chiari Malformation/complications , Arnold-Chiari Malformation/surgery , Decompression, Surgical , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Paraparesis, Spastic/etiology , Paraparesis, Spastic/surgeryABSTRACT
We report a case of intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from thyroid cancer in a 70-year-old woman complaining for three months an intense cervical pain, without motor or sensitive deficits. Six months before the onset of symptoms, the patient underwent total thyroidectomy for a thyroid cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging with gadolinium enhancement showed an intramedullary spinal cord lesion. A partial resection of the medullar tumor was performed and the pathological findings showed an metastatic adenocarcinoma. Post operatively the patient developed a left crural monoplegia.
