Arnold Chiari I Malformation with Tip-Toe Gait: A Case Report

The Arnold-Chiari type I malformation has many symptoms such as headache, neck pain, gait impairment, abnormal movements or postures. But a few cases reported association of specific symptom including headache, neck pain, vertigo or ataxia. We report a case of 12 year-old boy presenting with tip-toe...

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Autores principales: Hwang, Gi Hoon, Kim, Ghi Chan, Jeong, Ho Joong, Sim, Young-Joo, Park, Yong Seok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24757457
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2013.10.1.38
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description The Arnold-Chiari type I malformation has many symptoms such as headache, neck pain, gait impairment, abnormal movements or postures. But a few cases reported association of specific symptom including headache, neck pain, vertigo or ataxia. We report a case of 12 year-old boy presenting with tip-toe gait. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of brain and spine revealed underlying Arnold-Chiari type I malformation. This case shows that it is need for central nervous system evaluation in patients with changes of lower extremities tone.
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spelling pubmed-39417322014-04-22 Arnold Chiari I Malformation with Tip-Toe Gait: A Case Report Hwang, Gi Hoon Kim, Ghi Chan Jeong, Ho Joong Sim, Young-Joo Park, Yong Seok Korean J Spine The Arnold-Chiari type I malformation has many symptoms such as headache, neck pain, gait impairment, abnormal movements or postures. But a few cases reported association of specific symptom including headache, neck pain, vertigo or ataxia. We report a case of 12 year-old boy presenting with tip-toe gait. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of brain and spine revealed underlying Arnold-Chiari type I malformation. This case shows that it is need for central nervous system evaluation in patients with changes of lower extremities tone. The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2013-03 2013-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3941732/ /pubmed/24757457 http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2013.10.1.38 Text en Copyright © 2013 The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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