Wow ! HEADS UP ZIPPERheads ! HEADACHE and chiari news :-)

[Guest guest]

I Admit Augest 2002 was awhile back -and being that abstract /journal article

lover who reads em a few times before things sink in ...

IT STRUCK ME as I read this again and again ...WOW . I WANT to READ and print

this WHOLE ARTICLE NOW > ....the definition of what constutes a problem has

REALLY CHANGE from even 5 years ago when I found wacma and asap .

...this states 3-5mm /W crowding ..acm 1 MOST common and associated with

headaches /sm /hydro ..discusion includes csf dynamics and crowding .

PRINT AT LEAST this abstract ANYONE who's battling insurance /local

disbelieving doctors including pain issues ...and point out to the folks it's

from CURRENT PAIN HEADACHE REPORT .

IT looks like an very well written and summerised article about what has been

learned in the last few years from various physicians research journal

articles and lectures ect / combined ...help is at hand folks .

If anyone ( Eurico /Burnie/Ylice ect.)-- Help ..lol ..can find full text

access please let me know !

I'm going to post a few other abstracts this morning too since there were

some new articles of intrest to us all ...but this one below is a keeper !

Curr Pain Headache Rep 2002 Aug;6(4):331-7     (ISSN: 1531-3433)

FR; Larkins MV

Park Nicollet Headache Clinic and Research Center, 3800 Park Nicollet Drive,

Minneapolis, MN 55426, USA. taylof@....

The Chiari I malformation is a cerebellar anomaly of uncertain origin,

defined in part as tonsillar herniation of at least 3 to 5 mm below the

foramen magnum; it is associated with crowding of the craniocervical

junction. It is the most frequent of the Chiari malformations and is

associated with headaches, syringohydromyelia, and hydrocephalus. The

clinical manifestations are related to direct compression of neural tissues

and abnormal cerebrospinal fluid dynamics. Common presentation is in

adulthood, but there is increasing recognition in childhood. Incidental

magnetic resonance imaging discovers Chiari I in one third of patients who do

not have clinical symptoms. Headaches in the occipital-suboccipital region or

those that are of cough-type suggest symptomatic Chiari I malformation.

Suboccipital craniectomy is performed for patients with Chiari I malformation

who have neural compression syndromes of the brainstem and spinal cord,

select headache types, and other uncommon conditions that are not the topic

of this review.

Language: English

MEDLINE Indexing Date: 200207

Publication Type: Owner: NLM; Status: In-Process

Publication Type: Journal Article

PreMedline Identifier: 0012095470

Unique NLM Identifier: 22090312

Journal Code: IM