TY - JOUR T1 - Foramen magnum decompression for the treatment of Arnold Chiari malformation type I with associated syringomyelia in an elderly patient. AU - Takigami,I, AU - Miyamoto,K, AU - Kodama,H, AU - Hosoe,H, AU - Tanimoto,S, AU - Shimizu,K, PY - 2004/11/3/pubmed PY - 2005/6/7/medline PY - 2004/11/3/entrez SP - 249 EP - 51 JF - Spinal cord JO - Spinal Cord VL - 43 IS - 4 N2 - STUDY DESIGN: Report of a rare case of an elderly patient with late onset of Arnold Chiari malformation type I with associated syringomyelia that was successfully treated with foramen magnum decompression. OBJECTIVE: To report this rare case along with a literature review. SETTING: Gifu, Japan. METHODS: A 69-year-old woman with a 4-year history of dull pain in her right arm was referred to the clinic. After physical and radiographical examinations, she was diagnosed with Arnold Chiari malformation type I with associated syringomyelia. A foramen magnum decompression by the removal of the outer layer of the dura mater was performed. RESULTS: At 2 years postoperatively, MRI revealed a decrease in the size of the syringomyelia. Her symptoms had also remarkably improved. CONCLUSIONS: A rare case of symptomatic Arnold Chiari malformation type I with associated syringomyelia in an elderly woman was successfully treated with foramen magnum decompression by the removal of the outer layer of the dura mater. SN - 1362-4393 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/15520835/Foramen_magnum_decompression_for_the_treatment_of_Arnold_Chiari_malformation_type_I_with_associated_syringomyelia_in_an_elderly_patient_ L2 - https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3101675 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -