REVERSIBLE OPISTHOTONOS FOLLOWING INTRACRANIAL-PRESSURE CHANGES IN CHIARI MALFORMATION

Authors
CONSTANTINI S BENI L
Citation
S. Constantini et L. Beni, REVERSIBLE OPISTHOTONOS FOLLOWING INTRACRANIAL-PRESSURE CHANGES IN CHIARI MALFORMATION, Child's nervous system, 9(6), 1993, pp. 350-352
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Pediatrics
Journal title
Child's nervous system → ACNP
ISSN journal
02567040
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
350 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0256-7040(1993)9:6<350:ROFICI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A shunted myelodysplastic child with Chiari II malformation presented with shunt malfunction and opisthotonus. Correction of a distal obstru ction lead to an initial improvement followed by overdrainage of cereb rospinal fluid and repetition of an opisthotonic posture. The possible mechanisms which unmask lower brainstem dysfunction in Chiari malform ation when intracranial hyper- or hypotension exist, are discussed.