Retropulsion and vertigo in the Chiari malformation: case report.
We describe a rare case of a 30 year-old woman with intense vertiginous sensation, lack of body balance and a tendency to fall backwards, making it necessary for two people to sustain her. The magnetic resonance imaging of the craniocervical junction evidenced tonsilar herniation at the inferior level of C1, and during the operation performed in sitting position, we observed crowding of the cerebellar tonsils at the level of C3. After the osteo-dural-neural decompression, the symptomatology remitted on the same day of the operation.
Silva
José Alberto Gonçalves da
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Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Santa Isabel, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
Holanda
Maurus Marques de Almeida
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Pereira
Cristiana Borges
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Leiros
Maria do Desterro
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Araújo
Antônio Fernandes de
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Bandeira
Everardo
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D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology*