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MRI of Chiari II malformation in Child

Sagittal T1-weighted image showing Chiari II malformation; the features include Elongated brainstem that extends into the cervical spinal canal; (a). Downward herniation of the cerebellar tonsils into cervical spinal canal; (b). Small fourth ventricle; (c). Aqueductal stenosios; (d). Tectal beaking; (e). Large massa intermedia; (f). There is also thin corpus callosum (g)

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

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