ALLMedicine™ Chiari Malformation Center

Jun 29th, 2022 - Pathogenic variants of the ERF gene were previously associated with craniosynostosis, craniofacial dysmorphism and Chiari malformation. This study investigates cognitive, behavioural, speech, language, and developmental outcomes in the first 5 chi...

Jun 28th, 2022 - The first aim of this study was to compare the clinical data and posterior fossa morphometry obtained during the admission to the hospital between control group individuals (who had not Chiari Malformation (CM) type 1) and CM type 1 patients treat...

Jun 19th, 2022 - Malan syndrome (MALNS) is a recently described ultrarare syndrome lacking guidelines for diagnosis, management and monitoring of evolutive complications. Less than 90 patients are reported in the literature and limited clinical information are ava...

Jun 18th, 2022 - To analyze the intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) data of patients with intraspinal abnormalities undergoing posterior spinal fusion and to determine how intraspinal abnormalities influence IONM results. Patients with severe kypho...

Jun 14th, 2022 - Some patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) have cerebellar tonsillar herniation ≥ 5 mm mimicking Chiari malformation I (CMI), which can result in misdiagnosis and unjustified treatment. Our purpose was to identify IIH patients w...

Dec 21st, 2021 - Although most cases of Chiari malformation type I (CM1) are sporadic, familial cases of CM1, with or without syringomyelia, suggest a genetic cause in the pathogenesis of these malformations. The hypothesis is that there is one or more genes, in p...

Sep 9th, 2021 - Prevalence of Chiari type I malformation in population is between 0.1% and 0.5%. Chiari type I malformation is responsive in perturbation of the cerebro spinal fluid flow at the cranio-cervical junction. Those perturbations caused headaches, and v...

Jun 29th, 2021 - There are several disorders such as communicating and non- communicating hydrocephalus, normal pressure hydrocephalus, cystic cerebrospinal fluid collections, Chiari malformation, syringomyelic cyst and arachnoid cyst that can change the cerebrosp...

Jun 15th, 2021 - The study compares autologous grafts vs. non-autologous grafts. Non-autologous grafts include synthetics and grafts from animals. Autologous grafts have a better side-effect profile than non-autologous grafts. We believe this improved side-effect ...

Jan 26th, 2021 - Chiari Malformation (CM) is a posterior brain anomaly caused by the displacement of the brain stem and cerebellum into the cervical spinal canal. There are 8 types of Chiari malformations described today that vary according to the severity of the ...

Jan 5th, 2021 - A patient asks an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) to approve them for "medical marijuana." What are the clinician's responsibilities? The first hurdle is legal. In 18 states, an APRN has the legal authority to certify a patient to use ma...

Jun 11th, 2019 - Claudia Martinez was a college student chasing her dream of becoming a doctor when a neurosurgeon gave her alarming advice: Get brain surgery as soon as possible or risk becoming paralyzed from the neck down. Within a week, she was in the operatin...

Jun 11th, 2019 - Claudia Martinez was a college student chasing her dream of becoming a doctor when a neurosurgeon gave her alarming advice: Get brain surgery as soon as possible or risk becoming paralyzed from the neck down. Within a week, she was in the operatin...

Oct 2nd, 2017 - Trichoblastomas are rare cutaneous tumors that recapitulate the germinative hair bulb and the surrounding mesenchyme. Although benign, they can present diagnostic difficulties for both the clinician and pathologist because of their rarity and over.

Jul 18th, 2016 - Answer 5/5 Which of the following is true about the treatment of fibromyalgia? Your peers chose: Physical therapy modalities are strongly encouraged after minor trauma 0% First-line treatment in children suspected of having fibromyalgia is pharmac...