Clinical Data
2-year-old male:
- Presented with enlarged skull and suspected hydrocephalus
Indicate the abnormality:
Description:
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Mild symmetrical dilatation of the supra & infratentorial ventricular system. Crowded foramen magnum with an inferior location of the cerebellar tonsils below the margins of the foramen magnum.
Which of the following statements are correct?
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Chiari I malformation characterized by a caudal descent of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum
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Treatment with posterior decompression is usually reserved for symptomatic patients or those with a syrinx
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Chiari I malformations may be seen in association with cervical cord syrinx or hydrocephalus
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Becoming symptomatic is proportional to the degree of descent of the tonsils
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Abnormal skull base , cervical segmentation anomalies, small cranial vault, and posterior fossa could be resembling Chiari I malformation
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Excessive brain tissue could represent acquired Chiari malformation
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