Abstract |
We present the case of a 17-month-old girl with an untreated Chiari I malformation who developed radiographic progression of syringomyelia over a 23-month period. The patient presented with initial symptoms of airway difficulties and gait ataxia, which did not progress clinically over this period of observation, despite recommendations for surgical decompression. At 17 months, there was a region of T(2) hyperintensity which progressed to become a syrinx within 3 months, enlarging over serial imaging studies. This is the first published report of radiographic progression from a 'presyrinx' state of T(2) hyperintensity to syringomyelia in a pediatric patient with untreated Chiari I malformation.
|
Authors | Adam C Lipson, Richard G Ellenbogen, Anthony M Avellino |
Journal | Pediatric neurosurgery
(Pediatr Neurosurg)
Vol. 44
Issue 3
Pg. 221-3
( 2008)
ISSN: 1423-0305 [Electronic] Switzerland |
PMID | 18354262
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
|
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
Topics |
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
(complications, diagnostic imaging)
- Cervical Vertebrae
(diagnostic imaging)
- Child, Preschool
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Humans
- Radiography
- Syringomyelia
(complications, diagnostic imaging)
|