Impacted cisterna magna without syringomyelia associated with spastic paraparesis: case report
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Impacted cisterna magna without syringomyelia associated with spastic paraparesis: case report.
We report on a 49 year old man with impacted cisterna magna without the presence of syringohydromyelie (SM). The clinical picture was characterized by spastic paraparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging depicted a cisterna magna filled by the cerebellar tonsils. Six months after osteodural-neural decompression of the posterior fossa there was resolution of neurological symptoms and signs with the e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2006000400030