Basilar impression associated with impacted cisterna magna, spastic paraparesis and distress of balance: case report.

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.

• Authors: José Alberto Gonçalves da Silva, Maurus Marques de Almeida Holanda, Maria do Desterro Leiros, Luiz Ricardo Santiago Melo, Antônio Fernandes de Araújo, Everardo Bandeira de Almeida
• Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Arq Neuropsiquiatr) Vol. 64 Issue 3A Pg. 668-71 (Sep 2006) ISSN: 0004-282X [Print] Germany
• PMID: 17119816 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Arnold-Chiari Malformation (complications, diagnosis, surgery)
• Cisterna Magna
• Decompression, Surgical
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Paraparesis, Spastic (diagnosis, etiology, surgery)
• Platybasia (complications, diagnosis, surgery)