Abstract | BACKGROUND:
Myoclonus is an involuntary movement disorder characterized by semirhythmic jerking movements of muscle groups but is rarely seen in association with Chiari malformation type I (CM-1). CM-1 is a frequently encountered clinical entity in pediatric neurosurgery characterized by caudal displacement of the cerebellar tonsils with or without syringomyelia. We report a pediatric patient who presented with upper extremity myoclonus and was found to have CM-1 and a complex septated cervicothoracic syrinx eccentric to the left. CASE PRESENTATION: DISCUSSION:
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Authors | Alexander Tucker, Anand Kaul, Jillian Mckee, Brian White, Matthew P Kirschen, Saurabh Sinha, Shih-Shan Lang |
Journal | Pediatric neurosurgery
(Pediatr Neurosurg)
Vol. 56
Issue 4
Pg. 373-378
( 2021)
ISSN: 1423-0305 [Electronic] Switzerland |
PMID | 33975328
(Publication Type: Case Reports)
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Copyright | © 2021 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
Topics |
- Adolescent
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
(complications, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Child
- Decompression, Surgical
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Myoclonus
(diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
- Syringomyelia
(complications, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Treatment Outcome
- Upper Extremity
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