Basilar impression associated with impacted cisterna magna, spastic paraparesis and distress of balance: case report
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Basilar impression associated with impacted cisterna magna, spastic paraparesis and distress of balance.
We report on a 48 years-old man with basilar impression without syringohydromyelia, in which the cisterna magna was impacted by the cerebellar tonsils. Six months after posterior fossa decompression there was the disappearance of nuchal rigidity, vertigo, spastic paraparesis and improvement of balance. Nevertheless hyperreflexia and diminished pallesthesia of the lower limbs persisted.
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2006000400029