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Fatal Tonsillar Herniation in Pseudotumor Cerbri Neurol 41:1142-1144, Sullivan,H.C., 1991 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract A 27-year-old woman with pseudotumor cerebri died after lumbar puncture secondary to tonsillar herniation.Five years earlier she had a respiratory arrest after lumbar puncture.MRI and autopsy ruled out the presence of an Arnold-Chiari malformation or a mass lesion of the posterior fossa,but midsagittal views suggested the presence of low-lying cerebral tonsils.

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