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Arnold-Chiari malformation with syringomyelia in an elderly woman

Author(s) -

Cristina Geroldi,

Giovanni B. Frisoni,

Angelo Bianchetti,

Marco Trabucchi,

Albino Bricolo

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/28.4.399

Subject(s) - medicine , syringomyelia , syrinx (medicine) , foramen magnum , hypertonia , magnetic resonance imaging , chiari malformation , neurological examination , surgery , sensory loss , weakness , hyperreflexia , spasticity , radiology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anesthesia

A 76-year-old woman, complaining of leg pain and unsteady gait for 3 years, presented with a spastic paraparetic gait, severe spasticity and touch, thermal and pain sensory loss limited to arms, lower thorax and upper abdomen. Brain and spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging showed a large loculated syrinx. Cerebellar tonsillar herniation into the foramen magnum was also seen (Arnold-Chiari malformation, type I).

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