Hindbrain hernia headache and syncope in type I Arnold-Chiari malformation

Acta Neurol (Napoli). 1993 Dec;15(6):457-61.

Abstract

We describe two young women affected with syncopal episodes and occipital headache exacerbated by cough, sneezing, rising, or effort. MRI revealed in both patients type I Arnold-Chiari malformation. A craniospinal pressure dissociation with brainstem compression may be involved in the pathogenesis of headache and syncope.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation / complications*
  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Female
  • Headache / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Rhombencephalon
  • Syncope / etiology*