Much controversy remains on the current management of Chiari I deformity (CID) in
children, with many clinical, surgical and ethic-legal implications. The Brazilian Society
of Pediatric Neurosurgery (SBNPed, in the Portuguese acronym) has put together a
panel of experts to analyze updated published data ...
SUMMARY BACKGROUND Symptomatic Chiari Type I Malformation (CM) is treated with posterior fossa decompression with or without duroplasty. We have noticed some cases with concomitant severe cerebellar ataxia due to cerebellar atrophy. The aim of this study is to review the literature of CM associated wit...
Basilar invagination (BI) and Chiari malformation type I (CM-I) are very important anomalies that introduce instability and compression in the occipitocervical transition region and have complex clinical characteristics. These anomalies vary according to the affected structures. The present study revises...
RESUMEN Se revisó la literatura existente sobre la Malformación de Chiari Tipo I en el adulto, haciendo énfasis en su diagnóstico imagenológico y tratamiento médico-quirúrgico. La malformación de Chiari es una enfermedad poco frecuente. Representa entre el 1 y el 4 % de todas las patologías neur...
Os autores analisam crises epilépticas observadas em 12 (5,2%) pacientes dentre os 230 casos operados de impresäo basilar e/ou malformaçäo de Arnold-Chiari. Algumas consideraçöes säo feitas em relaçäo às crises epilépticas e estados sincopais com o intuito de esclarecer melhor estas ocorrênci...
