Acquired Arnold-Chiari-Like Malformations After LP Shunting in Pseudotumor Cerebri

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Identifier 20010219_nanos_posters_10
Title Acquired Arnold-Chiari-Like Malformations After LP Shunting in Pseudotumor Cerebri
Creator Susan C. Benes
Subject Arnold-Chiari Malformations; Pseudotumor Cerebri; Lumboperitoneal Shunting; Foramen Magnum Anatomy
Description Retrospective chart review of 300 patients with pseudotumor cerebri followed over 1 to 20 years found 245 female, 55 (18%) male. For those in whom baseline preoperative head scans were MRIs, only 3 had Arnold-Chiari Type I malformations (prolapse of the cerebellar tonsils below the level of the Foramen Magnum on sagittal section) at the time of diagnosis.
Date 2001-02-19
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2001 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2001: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6q275r9
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 182183
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q275r9
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