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Pediatric emergency care · Apr 2019
Case ReportsAtypical Presentation of Chiari I Malformation in a 13-Year-Old Adolescent.
- Rachel S Bronheim and Rachana Tyagi.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ.
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Apr 1; 35 (4): e72-e75.
AbstractIn this report, we describe a 13-year-old with opisthotonos as the presenting symptom of Chiari I malformation. This presentation is rare and has previously been reported only in infants. We describe the physical and radiologic findings, literature regarding Chiari malformation, and differential diagnosis of opisthotonos in this patient.
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