Basilar invagination managed with electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine: the report of a rare case in a pediatric patient.
BACKGROUND
A 13-year-old girl who suffered from basilar invagination managed with electroacupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine is presented in this report. This is a rare disease. The condition was misdiagnosed by many biomedical specialists over a period of 5 years. There has been no literature ever recorded in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) history for the treatment of this rare condition.


METHODS
The patient has a secondary condition, hydrocephalus, which was categorized as Jie Lu from a Chinese Medicine perspective. Jie Lu has also been used to form the rational base of the TCM treatment.


RESULTS
This patient's condition stabilized for a period of 3 years. As bone growth continued, the severity of the patient's symptoms increased. The patient has turned 19; her symptoms have become more severe and she is unable to walk for a short distance.


CONCLUSIONS
Finally, a diagnosis of basilar invagination was confirmed by a private health service provider team separate from several public hospitals' specialist teams.
Miao
Edwin Yong
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M. Modern TCM Clinic, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. edwinmiao2@optusnet.com.au
D000293:Adolescent; D001368:Axis, Cervical Vertebra / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D005260:Female; D005539:Foramen Magnum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000628:therapy*; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal