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Do you recommend additional spinal MRI’s for an asymptomatic Chiari I malformation?

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Neurosurgery · Children’s National Hospital

Age does not matter; the severity of the Chiari does. Although subjective, I would image the spine if I thought the foramen magnum was crowded enough to potentially cause a syrinx. I am not a big believer in "a high incidence" of tethered cord in the Chiari I population, so this concern would play i...

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