title: Trigeminal neuralgia presenting as Chiari I malformation.
abstract: Chiari I malformation usually presents with headache, numbness, weakness and gait abnormalities. We present a 38-year-old female with trigeminal neuralgia who was found to have a Chiari I malformation. She had a foramen magnum decompression with complete resolution of her symptoms.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bavetta
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leach
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitchen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery