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MRI of Chiari II malformation in Child

ICD - Q07 Other congenital malformations of nervous system - Q07.0 Arnold-Chiari syndrome

Magnetic Resonance Image Sagittal T1-weighted image showing Chiari II malformation.

Legend

• a - Elongated brainstem that extends into the cervical spinal canal.
• b - Downward herniation of the cerebellar tonsils into cervical spinal canal.
• c - Small fourth ventricle.
• d - Aqueductal stenosios.
• e - Tectal beaking.
• f - Large massa intermedia.
• g - thin corpus callosum.

Links: MRI image unlabelled | MRI image labelled | Congenital Hydrocephalus | Neural Abnormalities | ICD - Q07

Reference

<pubmed>23087828</pubmed>| PMC3475879 | Surg Neurol Int.

Elgamal EA. Natural history of hydrocephalus in children with spinal open neural tube defect. Surg Neurol Int [serial online] 2012 [cited 2012 Dec 6];3:112. Available from: http://www.surgicalneurologyint.com/text.asp?2012/3/1/112/101801

Copyright

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