Chiari malformation in Podcasts
conditionA neurological condition involving herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum.
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Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5
So a Chiari malformation is a very, I mean, it's a very well-known entity in medicine. Just to be clear, it is the idea of your cerebellum, which is your posterior brain. It helps control all of your movements. And it sits kind of right here at the back of your skull. So the idea is that it can actually slip or basically start to what we call herniate through the hole at the bottom of our skull.