TY - JOUR T1 - Chiari type I malformation discovered through a glossopharyngeal neuralgia JO - Neurocirugía (English edition) T2 - AU - Doval Rodríguez,Alejandro AU - Serramito García,Ramón AU - Menéndez Cortezón,Beatriz AU - Prieto González,Ángel SN - 25298496 M3 - 10.1016/j.neucie.2022.02.008 DO - 10.1016/j.neucie.2022.02.008 UR - https://revistaneurocirugia.com/en-chiari-type-i-malformation-discovered-articulo-S252984962200017X AB - Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is a rare disease whose initial treatment is pharmacological. When medical therapy is not effective, different surgical options are available including stereotactic radiosurgery, microvascular decompression or nerve section.It is reported a case of a 26-year-old female with glossopharyngeal neuralgia and Chiari malformation. This rare type of neuralgia sometimes is associated with an abnormality of the cranio-cervical junction. It was performed a posterior fossa expansion with duraplasty and microvascular decompression. The patient showed a complete disappearance of the pain, with no need of tonsil resection. ER -