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Clinical features of Chiari I malformations
1Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, B.C.'s Children's Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada. psteinbok@cw.bc.ca
Abstract
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.