Retropulsion and vertigo in the Chiari malformation: case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

José Alberto Gonçalves Da Silva¹  Maurus Marques De Almeida Holanda¹  Cristiana Borges Pereira¹  Maria Do Desterro Leiros¹  Antônio Fernandes De Araújo¹  Everardo Bandeira¹ 

[1] ,Hospital Santa Isabel Serviço de Neurocirurgia João Pessoa PB ,Brasil

关键词: vertigo;    retropulsion;    Chiari malformation;    cerebellar tonsils;    posterior cranial fossa;    vertigem;    retropulsão;    malformação de Chiari;    tonsilas cerebelares;    fossa craniana posterior;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2005000500030

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We describe a rare case of a 30 year-old woman with intense vertiginous sensation, lack of body balance and a tendency to fall backwards, making it necessary for two people to sustain her. The magnetic resonance imaging of the craniocervical junction evidenced tonsilar herniation at the inferior level of C1, and during the operation performed in sitting position, we observed crowding of the cerebellar tonsils at the level of C3. After the osteo-dural-neural decompression, the symptomatology remitted on the same day of the operation.

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