[Isolated exertion headache and Chiari's malformation]. / Céphalée d'effort isolée et malformation de Chiari.

ABSTRACT

A 47 year-old woman had been suffering from exertional headache for 2 1/2 years. Neurological examination was normal. X-rays of the skull and cranio-cervical junction and CT were normal. MRI sagittal sections disclosed a Chiari type I malformation. The headache disappeared after occipital craniectomy and atlas laminectomy.