[Cruciate hemiplegia associated with basilar impression, Arnold-Chiari malformation and syringomyelia. Case report].
The authors report a case of cruciate hemiplegia associated with basilar impression, Chiari malformation and syringomyelia. The neuroanatomical controversy, the surgical treatment and the good outcome of the patient are discussed.
da Silva
J A
JA
Serviço de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia do Hospital Santa Isabel, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil.
da Costa
M D
MD
Leal
A B
AB
dos Reis
F R
FR
de Queiroz
R B
RB
D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010985:Platybasia / Q000150:complications*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery