Commentary

In this interesting case report, a patient with a large posterior fossa meningioma presented with a Chiari I malformation and cervical syringomyelia. The Chiari malformation and syrinx resolved after the tumor was removed and a decompressive craniectomy, C1-C2 laminectomy, and duraplasty were performed.

As the authors noted, this triad is rare, despite the incidence of posterior fossa meningiomas. Consequently, this patient's posterior fossa may already have been small. The authors treated both pathologies within the same surgical setting. Not surprisingly, these abnormalities resolved completely.