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  2. Cerebellar tonsil - Wikipedia

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    Also called cerebellar tonsillar ectopia, or tonsillar herniation. Although often congenital, Chiari malformation symptoms can also be induced due to physical head trauma, commonly from raised intracranial pressure secondary to a hematoma, or increased dural strain pulling the brain caudally into the foramen magnum.

  3. Chiari malformation - Wikipedia

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    Herniation of cerebellar tonsils. [4] [38] [39] Tonsillar ectopia below the foramen magnum, with greater than 5 mm below as the most commonly cited cutoff value for abnormal position (although this is considered somewhat controversial). [27] [28] [40] [41] Syringomyelia of cervical or cervicothoracic spinal cord can be seen. Sometimes the ...

  4. Brain herniation - Wikipedia

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    7) Tonsillar (downward cerebellar) Uncal herniation In uncal herniation, a common subtype of transtentorial herniation, the innermost part of the temporal lobe , the uncus , can be squeezed so much that it moves towards the tentorium and puts pressure on the brainstem , most notably the midbrain. [ 8 ]

  5. Ectopia (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Cerebellar tonsillar ectopia, aka Chiari malformation, a herniation of the brain through the foramen magnum, which may be congenital or caused by trauma. Ectopic cilia, a hair growing where it isn't supposed to be, commonly an eyelash on an abnormal spot on the eyelid, distichia

  6. Cerebrospinal fluid leak - Wikipedia

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    Cerebellar tonsillar ectopia shares many of the same symptoms as CSF leak, [58] but originates either congenitally or from trauma, including whiplash strain to the dura. [69] An alternate method of locating the site of a CSF leak is to use heavily T2-weighted MR myelography. [24]

  7. Dura mater - Wikipedia

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    Cerebellar tonsillar ectopia, or Chiari malformation, is a condition that was previously thought to be congenital but can be induced by trauma, particularly whiplash trauma. [14] Dural strain may be pulling the cerebellum inferiorly, or skull distortions may be pushing the brain inferiorly.

  8. Ataxia - Wikipedia

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    Ataxia (from Greek α- [a negative prefix] + -τάξις [order] = "lack of order") is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that can include gait abnormality, speech changes, and abnormalities in eye movements, that indicates dysfunction of parts of the nervous system that coordinate movement, such as the cerebellum.

  9. Midline shift - Wikipedia

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    Midline shift (arrow) is present in this brain after a stroke (infarct depicted in shaded area).. Midline shift is a shift of the brain past its center line. [1] The sign may be evident on neuroimaging such as CT scanning. [1]