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 ...

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 ...

Chiari Malformation Type I is a structural disorder of the hindbrain characterised by the downward displacement of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum, resulting in altered cerebrospinal ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My older daughter has had headaches most of her life. When she was young, she thought it was normal. Severe migraines started around 1995. Many doctors later, they came up with ...

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 ...

25-year-old Emily Balfour, who was once an active teenager and loved ice skating, is now a bedridden woman with a painful disease causing her brain to slip down her spine. Emily was just 14 when she ...

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