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Neurovegetative Störungen bei 230 Fällen basilärer Impression und Arnold-Chiarischer Mißbildung

1992; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 35; Issue: 06 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-2008-1052275

1439-2291

J A da Silva, José Correia de Farias Brito, Paulo Virgolino da Nóbrega,

Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus

Within the period of 1971 to 1989 we operated on 230 cases of craniocervical malformations characterised by 189 cases of basilar impression associated with Arnold-chiari malformation, 28 cases of isolated basilar impression and 13 cases of Arnold-Chiari malformation. Autonomic disturbance was observed in 136 (59.1%) cases: sexual disorders like reduced potency and impotency were observed in 86 (60.9%) out of 141 male patients, urinary symptoms in 39 (17%) patients; and other autonomic features like dyspnea, anhidrosis, hyperhidrosis, Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome and constipation in 41 (17.8%) patients.