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Chiari malformation with compression of the medulla oblongata by the vertebral arteries. Case report
T Kobayashi1, A Ogawa, M Kameyama
1Division of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
A unique case is reported of Chiari malformation and compression of the medulla oblongata by both vertebral arteries. A 39-year-old woman complained of unsteady giant and motor weakness of the legs, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed the malformation and compression. Vascular decompression of the vertebral arteries was performed using synthetic (Gore-tex) vascular strips following posterior fossa decompression.