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Fatal tonsillar herniation in pseudotumor cerebri
1Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University Hospital, Cleveland, OH.
Neurology
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 27-year-old woman with pseudotumor cerebri died after lumbar puncture secondary to tonsillar herniation. Five years earlier she had a respiratory arrest after lumbar puncture. MRI and autopsy ruled out the presence of an Arnold-Chiari malformation or a mass lesion of the posterior fossa, but midsagittal views suggested the presence of low-lying cerebellar tonsils.