Chiari 1 malformation and holocord syringomyelia presenting as abrupt onset foot drop
| Autor: | Erick Sell, Enrique C. G. Ventureyra, Munyao Nzau, Hugh J. McMillan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty Foot drop Nerve root Decompression medicine.medical_treatment Electromyography Neurosurgical Procedures Medicine Humans Gait Disorders Neurologic Foramen magnum medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Laminectomy Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine medicine.disease Decompression Surgical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Syringomyelia Surgery Arnold-Chiari Malformation medicine.anatomical_structure Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. 27(1) |
| ISSN: | 1433-0350 |
| Popis: | We present two patients with a Chiari 1 malformation and holocord syringomyelia who presented with abrupt onset unilateral foot drop. Neurophysiologic testing was consistent with a proximal nerve root lesion. This assisted with localization and directed magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to lumbosacral spine and nerve roots. Each child underwent a suboccipital craniectomy and laminectomy with duroplasty to decompress the foramen magnum. Each child also showed rapid and complete clinical recovery despite the significant electromyographic and MRI abnormalities on initial study. |
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