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A case of Arnolds Chiarie malformation type 2

A case of Arnolds Chiarie malformation type 2

Utkarsha Khaire1,&, Dnyanesh Joshi2

 

1Department of Samhita and Siddhant, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Hospital & Research Centre, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed To Be University) Salod (H), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

 

 

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Utkarsha Khaire, Department of Samhita and Siddhant, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Hospital & Research Centre, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed To Be University) Salod (H), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

 

 

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The Chiari type II malformation (Arnold-Chiari malformation) is a complex congenital malformation of the brain, nearly always associated with myelomeningocele, and the most common serious malformation of the posterior fossa. This condition has skull, dural, brain, spinal, and spinal cord manifestations, including downward displacement of the medulla, fourth ventricle, and cerebellum into the cervical spinal canal, as well as elongation of the pons and fourth ventricle, probably due to a relatively small posterior fossa.

 

 

Figure 1: Arnold Chiari malformation type II