[The intracranial hypertension in the course of Arnold-Chiari malformation].

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to remind the symptoms and diagnostic methods helpful to recognize Arnold Chiari syndrome.

MATERIAL AND

METHODS

We have presented a 53-year-old woman with papilledema who was operated and treated oncologically because of right breast tumor - four years ago. As a result of diagnostic research which took into consideration a brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the suspicion of metastatic cerebral tumor was excluded and Arnold - Chiari malformation was diagnosed.

CONCLUSIONS

The intracranial hypertension and it's ocular manifestation - papilloedema may be caused by different, also congenital, reasons. The brain MRI is the mainly procedure to diagnose the Arnold - Chiari malformation.