Development of an acquired Chiari malformation Type I in the setting of an untreated lipomyelomeningocele. Case report.
The authors present the case of a child with an untreated lipomyelomeningocele who developed an acquired Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) with a large syrinx over the course of 3 years. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report to document a case in which an acquired CM-I evolved in a patient with an untreated tethered cord.
Waldau
Ben
B
Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. ben.waldau@duke.edu
Grant
Gerald
G
Fuchs
Herbert
H
D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000209:etiology