Roughly 4% of the population is affected by a congenital brain malformation that has eluded researchers' efforts to find causes and treatments. For the condition, Chiari type-1 malformation, the ...

After getting her diagnosis of Chiari Malformation 1, Jenni Lee is now on a mission to raise awareness about the brain disorder. Since articles of Lee's return to work, she has received dozens of ...

October 10, 2008 — The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) reports that Chiari and syringomyelia are often misdiagnosed. In a news release, the association reminds clinicians about ...

Chiari malformation is a common brain disorder where brain tissue extends into the spinal canal. It happens when part of the skull is abnormally small or misshapen and presses against the brain and ...

The lowest part of a child's brain is visible below the bottom of the skull in this MRI scan and shows evidence of a Chiari 1 malformation. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in ...

Chiari malformations are a heterogeneous group of disorders comprising abnormalities associated with the hindbrain. The most common types are Chiari 1 malformation (CM-I) and Chiari 2 malformation (CM ...

A 33-year-old man presented to our hospital with a 2-week history of dizziness and gait disturbance and a 7-day history of hiccups that persisted throughout the day accompanied by nausea and decreased ...

After Spring Valley resident Christine Smith underwent brain decompression surgery in 2007, life became a little more precious, and clinging to it seemed nearly impossible for a while. But she had ...

The objective of this article is to probe the surgical procedures of treatment for Chiari I malformation (CMI) associated with syringomyelia and evaluate their efficacy based on clinical and ...

Researchers have shown that Chiari 1 malformation can be caused by variations in two genes linked to brain development, and that children with large heads are at increased risk of developing the ...