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Case Reports
. 2016 Jan;4(1):58-61.

Symptomatic Chiari Malformation with Syringomyelia after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Case Report

Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar  1 , Nasly Zabaleta-Churio  2 , Gabriel Alcala-Cerra  3 , Andres M Rubiano  4 , Willem Guillermo Calderon-Miranda  5 , Hernando Raphael Alvis-Miranda  3 , Amit Agrawal  6
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Symptomatic Chiari Malformation with Syringomyelia after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Case Report

Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar et al. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) is a congenital disorder, which is basically a tonsillar herniation (≥ 5 mm) below the foramen magnum with or without syringomyelia. The real cause behind this malformation is still unknown. Patients may remain asymptomatic until they engender a deteriorating situation, such as cervical trauma. The objective of this case report is to give a broad perspective on CM-I from the clinical findings obtained in a patient with asymptomatic non-communicating syringomyelia associated with a CM-I exacerbated within 2 years of a TBI, and to discuss issues related to that condition.

Keywords: Asymptomatic; Chiari Malformation type-I; Traumatic brain injury.

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A) Preoperative sagittal T2-weighted cervical MRI of the patient revealing a syringomyelia descending from C1 to T3 level with CM-I at 14 mm tonsillar herniation, 0.7 mm in diameter; B) Postoperative T1-weighted brain MRI of the patient revealing a significant decrease in the diameter of the syringomyelia
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