Letter to the Editor. Reappraisal of nuchal ligament as a dura substitute for Chiari malformation type I

Adult Chiari Type I Malformation Presenting as Dysphagia

The authors describe a rare case of Chiari type I malformation presenting as persistent dysphagia. A fifty-eight year-old woman showing a nearly one-year history of swallowing difficulty was transferred to our department for neurological evaluation of aspiration pneumonia. Neurological examination revealed absence of bilateral gag reflexes, and mild weakness of the right upper extremity. Magnet...

Chiari Malformation Type I Presenting as Cluster-like Headache.

PURPOSE Although different types of headache have been described in Chiari malformation type I, reports of cluster-like headaches are rare. CASE REPORT We report a 26-year-old man who presented with a two-week history of excruciating headache in the right temporal region after coughing, which was accompanied by autonomic features including right-sided nasal congestion and tearing from his rig...

Chiari I malformation and neurofibromatosis type 1.

Single case reports exist in the medical literature of patients with tonsillar ectopia, i.e., the Chiari I malformation and neurofibromatosis type 1. However, large series of patients with either of these entities have not been examined for the presence of both defects. We have retrospectively examined two large groups of pediatric patients: Group I, with the primary diagnosis of Chiari I malfo...

Letter to the editor

Letter to the editor

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