Chiari III malformation
Newborn with
an abnormal bump in the posterior midline at the skull base. Axial CT without contrast of the cervical spine shows a defect in the posterior skull at the craniocervical junction with cerebellar tissue herniating posteriorly through it.The diagnosis was Chiari III malformation with an occipital encephalocele.
Chiari III
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Chiari III
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Chiari III
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Chiari III malformation is an extremely rare anomaly characterized by a low occipital and high cervical encephalocele with herniation of posterior fossa contents, that is, the cerebellum and/or the brainstem, occipital lobe, and fourth ventricle.
Pathology
Associations
- agenesis of the corpus callosum
- syringohydromyelia of the cervical cord
See also
Siehe auch:
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Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu Chiari-Malformation Typ 3:
