Background Syringomyelia is a chronic, progressive disease of the spinal cord.
Syringomyelia is an etiologically diverse affliction caused by disturbance of normal …

Abstract Background Syringomyelia and Chiari malformation are classified as rare diseases
on Orphanet, but international guidelines on diagnostic criteria and case definition are …

Background Among the histiocytic disorders, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive
histiocytosis emerged in 2008. As more and more cases of the novel entity are reported, our …

OBJECTIVE When indicated, patients with symptomatic Chiari malformation type I (CM-I)
may benefit from suboccipital decompression (SOD). Although SOD is considered a lower …

Background Subdural effusion with hydrocephalus (SDEH) is a rare complication of
traumatic brain injury, especially following decompressive craniectomy (DC) for …

Chiari III malformation, a rare and severe subtype of Chiari malformations, is frequently
associated with hydrocephalus. The conventional treatment approaches for hydrocephalus …

Background: Postoperative hydrocephalus and subdural fluid collection (SFC) have been
reported as the rare complications following foramen magnum decompression in patients …

We report a fairly rare case of postoperative acute subdural hygromas without concurrent
hydrocephalus complicating foramen magnum decompression (FMD) for Chiari …

A 52-year-old woman presented with a headache and ataxic gait. MRI of the cranial and
cervical spine showed Chiari malformation type 1, for which she underwent suboccipital …

Cerebellar slump is a rarely reported complication of craniocervical decompression for
Chiari malformation. This is known to occur following an oversized bony decompression of …