Pediatric and adult Chiari malformation Type I surgical series 1965–2013: a review of demographics, operative treatment, and outcomes

A Arnautovic, B Splavski, FA Boop… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) is a hindbrain disorder associated with
elongation of the cerebellar tonsils, which descend below the foramen magnum into the …

Central vertigo and dizziness: epidemiology, differential diagnosis, and common causes

M Karatas - The neurologist, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background: Dizziness is a common complaint among patients seen by primary care
physicians, neurologists, and otolaryngologists. The most common causes of dizziness are …

Chiari I malformation redefined: clinical and radiographic findings for 364 symptomatic patients

TH Milhorat, MW Chou, EM Trinidad, RW Kula… - …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Chiari malformations are regarded as a pathological continuum of hindbrain
maldevelopments characterized by downward herniation of the cerebellar tonsils. The Chiari …

Asymptomatic Chiari Type I malformations identified on magnetic resonance imaging

J Meadows, M Kraut, M Guarnieri, RI Haroun… - Journal of …, 2000 - thejns.org
Object. Chiari Type I malformation (CMI) is a congenital disorder recognized by caudal
displacement of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum and into the cervical …

Pathogenesis of Chiari malformation: a morphometric study of the posterior cranial fossa

M Nishikawa, H Sakamoto, A Hakuba… - Journal of …, 1997 - thejns.org
✓ To investigate overcrowding in the posterior cranial fossa as the pathogenesis of adult-
type Chiari malformation, the authors studied the morphology of the brainstem and …

Institutional experience with 500 cases of surgically treated pediatric Chiari malformation Type I

RS Tubbs, J Beckman, RP Naftel, JJ Chern… - Journal of …, 2011 - thejns.org
Object The diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) has evolved over
the last few decades. The authors present their surgical experience of over 2 decades of …

Elucidating the pathophysiology of syringomyelia

JD Heiss, N Patronas, HL DeVroom, T Shawker… - Journal of …, 1999 - thejns.org
Object. Syringomyelia causes progressive myelopathy. Most patients with syringomyelia
have a Chiari I malformation of the cerebellar tonsils. Determination of the …

Chiari malformation Type I and syrinx in children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging

J Strahle, KM MuraSzKo, JS Kapurch… - Journal of …, 2011 - thejns.org
Object Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) with an associated spinal syrinx is a common
pediatric diagnosis. A better understanding of the relative age-related prevalence and MR …

Pathological basis of spinal cord cavitation in syringomyelia: analysis of 105 autopsy cases

TH Milhorat, AL Capocelli, AP Anzil, RM Kotzen… - Journal of …, 1995 - thejns.org
✓ This report summarizes neuropathological, clinical, and general autopsy findings in 105
individuals with nonneoplastic syringomyelia. On the basis of detailed histological findings …

Posterior fossa volume and response to suboccipital decompression in patients with Chiari I malformation

B Badie, D Mendoza, U Batzdorf - Neurosurgery, 1995 - journals.lww.com
Abstract SMALLER POSTERIOR FOSSA (PF) volume has been suggested to be one of the
mechanisms responsible for tonsillar herniation through the foramen magnum in patients …