title: Resolution of cervical syringomyelia after transoral odontoidectomy and occipitocervical fusion in a patient with basilar invagination and Type I Chiari malformation.
abstract: We present a 16-year-old male patient with Marfan's syndrome who presented with quadriparesis from a Type I Chiari malformation (CM) with basilar invagination and a syrinx. The condition resolved after transoral odontoidectomy and occipitocervical fusion without posterior decompression of the CM. Thus, ventral decompression alone can resolve a cervical syrinx in patients with compression of the foramen magnum.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W. Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85013, United States. Neuropub@dignityhealth.org
authors.forename: Curtis A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dickman
authors.forename: M Yashar S
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kalani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D009809:Odontoid Process / Q000601:surgery*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*