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

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 balan...

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Main 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2006-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2006000400029&tlng=en
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