title: Intermittent obstructive hydrocephalus in the Arnold-Chiari malformation.
abstract: A 26-year-old woman with a Chiari-I malformation and intermittent symptoms of intracranial pressure elevation is described. Clinically, papilledema was accompanied by midperipheral retinal hemorrhages. Repeat computed tomographic scans and lumbar puncture showed normal results. Posterior fossa-directed magnetic resonance image scanning revealed the Chiari-I malformation. Intraventricular monitoring was necessary to demonstrate the marked but unsustained elevation of intracranial pressure.
authors: Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
authors: T R
authors: TR
authors: Vrabec
authors: R C
authors: RC
authors: Sergott
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Savino
authors: T M
authors: TM
authors: Bosley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging