Difficult intubation in a parturient with syringomyelia and Arnold-Chiari malformation: Use of Airtraq™laryngoscope
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Arnold-Chiari malformation with syringomyelia in an elderly woman.
PRESENTATION A 76-year-old woman, complaining of leg pain and unsteady gait for 3 years, presented with a spastic paraparetic gait, severe spasticity and touch, thermal and pain sensory loss limited to arms, lower thorax and upper abdomen. Brain and spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging showed a large loculated syrinx. Cerebellar tonsillar herniation into the foramen magnum was also seen (Arno...
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Address for Correspondence: Dr. Joseph Abraham, Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh 32, India, 160030. Phone No.: +919041466127. E-Mail: [email protected] Chiari malformations (CM) are named for Hans Chiari, an Austrian pathologist, who first identified type I-III in 1891. This study was conducted on 400 fetuses obtained from department of Obstetrics an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1658-354X
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354x.87274