Pediatric Neurology
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 250-252, September 2003

Cutaneous manifestations and the Chiari I malformation

  • R.Shane Tubbs, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    • Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. R. Shane Tubbs; Pediatric Neurosurgery; ACC 400, 1600 7th Ave. South; Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
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  • Matthew D Smyth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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  • John C Wellons III, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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  • Jeffrey P Blount, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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  • W.Jerry Oakes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Received 26 November 2002; accepted 17 March 2003.

Abstract 

This article presents a child with Chiari I malformation and cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita and reviews the medical literature regarding Chiari I malformation and other cutaneous disorders. In addition to cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita and Chiari I malformation, our patient exhibited hemihypertrophy, Tourette’s syndrome, scoliosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and seizures. Other associated findings seen in patients with Chiari I malformation include basilar invagination, Klippel-Feil syndrome, atlantoaxial assimilation, scoliosis from an underlying syrinx, and hydrocephalus.

Keywords:  Chiari I, skin disorders, tonsillar ectopia, cutaneous disorders, CMTC

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PII: S0887-8994(03)00220-0

doi:10.1016/S0887-8994(03)00220-0

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 250-252, September 2003

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