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Case Reports
. 1991 Jul;41(7):1142-4.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.41.7.1142.

Fatal tonsillar herniation in pseudotumor cerebri

H C Sullivan  1
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Fatal tonsillar herniation in pseudotumor cerebri

H C Sullivan. Neurology. 1991 Jul.

Abstract

A 27-year-old woman with pseudotumor cerebri died after lumbar puncture secondary to tonsillar herniation. Five years earlier she had a respiratory arrest after lumbar puncture. MRI and autopsy ruled out the presence of an Arnold-Chiari malformation or a mass lesion of the posterior fossa, but midsagittal views suggested the presence of low-lying cerebellar tonsils.

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