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Clinical features of Chiari I malformations

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Background

With the advent of MRI, the diagnosis of Chiari I malformation is being made in younger patients, often with minimal or no neurologic symptoms.

Clinical features

The symptoms and signs of a Chiari I malformation may be related to the compression of neural and/or dural structures at the cranio-cervical junction or may be related to the associated syringomyelia. Scoliosis is a particularly important and common finding in those children with syringomyelia.

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Steinbok, P. Clinical features of Chiari I malformations. Childs Nerv Syst 20, 329–331 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-003-0879-x

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