... also occur in association with hydrocephalus, significant syringomyelia, and cord compression, and surgical treatment is usually warranted. Tumors may also be discovered as part of the workup for scoliosis, where they are not truly incidental to the scoliosis but rather are contributing to curve...

... (CM-1). CM-1 is a frequently encountered clinical entity in pediatric neurosurgery characterized by caudal displacement of the cerebellar tonsils with or without syringomyelia. We report a pediatric patient who presented with upper extremity myoclonus and was found to have CM-1 and a complex septated...

... and syrinx diminished or resolved well. Conclusions: Some children with Chiari I and syringomyelia may show spontaneous resolution of symptoms and syringomyelia. Large registry studies will be needed to determine how likely it is that Chiari-associated syringes will resolve, and whether there are particular...

... technique Syringomyelia The optimal treatment of symptomatic paediatric Chiari malformation type I (CM1) represents one of the most controversial topics in neurosurgery, with many surgical techniques having been described in the literature [ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 ]. Although several authors...

...) and higher charges (USD 35,321 vs. 31,483, p = 0.01). Conclusions: This large national study indicates that PFDD is performed more often in Caucasians, less so emergently, and associated with significantly more complications and immediate reoperations, while PFD is more frequent in those with syringomyelia...

...S. Sgouros Introduction: In recent years there has been renewed interest in the relation between Chiari I malformation and spinal cord tethering. Case Report: A 3-year-old girl presented with right leg pain. At spinal MR scan there was diastematomyelia with a bony peg at L1 and syringomyelia at T10...

...Dattatraya Muzumdar; Srikant Balasubramanian; Atul Goel The occurrence of tonsillar herniation and syringomyelia in association with tumor-induced obstructive hydrocephalus has been described in literature. In midline tumors, the symptomatology is predominantly due to hydrocephalus and resultant...

...Laurent Riffaud; Carolina Moughty; Pierre-Louis Henaux; Claire Haegelen; Xavier Morandi The authors present the case of a 13-year-old boy who experienced frequent disabling episodes of typical postural induced headaches, which revealed a Chiari I malformation, syringomyelia and cervical spinal cord...

... patients with associated syringomyelia, the procedure included placement of a IVth ventricle to cervical subarachnoid space shunt. Twenty-three patients with syringomyelia also had plugging of the obex. There was no operative mortality. Morbidity included a 22% incidence of nausea/vomiting and a 10...

...H. Meltzer; H.E. James; D. Trauner; R. Katz The syndrome of syringomyelia in children has been extensively described in the literature and is said to most commonly involve the cervical and thoracic spinal cord. We here present two children who had an unusual constellation of signs and symptoms...

... mechanism of these de novo Chiari malformations. Chiari-I malformation Posterior fossa Magnetic resonance imaging Hydromyelia Syringomyelia © 1995 S. Karger AG, Basel 1995 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated...

... malformation Syringomyelia Scoliosis 5 04 1993 18 10 1993 6 3 2008 © 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel 1994 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any...

...Oisin R. O’Neill; Simon Roman-Goldstein; Joseph H. Piatt, Jr. The antemortem diagnosis of syringomyelia in the setting of sacral agenesis has not been reported before. We describe the clinical and neuroimaging features in 3 patients. None has required surgical intervention to date. 6 3 2008...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Arnold-Chiari malformation Magnetic resonance imaging Syringomyelia Syringobulbia Case Report Pediatr Neurosurg 1994;20:214-216 Paul M. Kanev Christopher C. Getch Jack Jallo Eric N...

... of a recurrent syringomyelia. On the 6 day after a proximal revision of her syringoperitoneal shunt she returned to the hospital with deep quadriparesis, bowel and bladder incontinence, and complaining of severe headache. An MRI scan showed the syrinx to be collapsed, and removal of the shunt had no impact...

... Akio Asai, Harold J. Hoffman, E. Bruce Hendrick, Robin P. Humphreys Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto, Ont., Canada Key Words. Dandy-Walker syndrome Hydrocephalus Aqueduct stenosis Ventriculoperitoneal shunt Syringomyelia Abstract. Thirty-five...

... malformation Hydrocephalus Hydrosyringomyelia Syringomyelia Scoliosis Pediatr Neurosd 1988;14:184-190 1988 S. Kargcr AG. Basel 0255-7975/88/0144-0184 $ 2.75/0 Symptomatic Chiari I Malformation in Childhood: A Report of 7 Cases Robert C. Dauser \ Michael A. DiPietro Joan L. Venes a 'Division...

...Hector E. James; Richard Postlethwait Background: To treat with minimally invasive surgery, recurrent spinal arachnoid cysts, progressive syringomyelia, cranial and spinal cerebrospinal fluid fistulas. Patients and Methods: This is a clinical report that describes the management of recurrent spinal...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Chiari I malformation Syringomyelia Platybasia Familial aggregation...

...Andrew Beaumont; Cheryl A. Muszynski; Bruce A. Kaufman An association between terminal syringomyelia (TS) and tethered cord syndrome (TCS) has been recognized. The clinical significance of TS and the need for concurrent treatment is not known. Thirty-four patients with TCS undergoing surgery...