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After a successful chiari malformation surgery, can the cerebellum tonsils re slip?

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Chairi malformation: Yes. Scar tissue can compress the cerebellar tonsils and lead to recurrent symptoms. However this is uncommon and more likely is that you have arthritis in your neck that is mimicking the symptoms of a Chiari malformation. A complete neurological examination and an MRI of the cervical spine will provide some answers for you.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 6/13/2019

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Is it possible to have "slightly low lying cerebellar tonsils" without it being chiari malformation? That was a finding on MRI but doc says no chiari

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Had mri scan to check for cci / chiari malformation (eds / severe headaches) I'm confused by one sentance "the cerebellar tonsils are situated at the entrance to the foramen magnum but do not obstruct it" - what does that mean? chiari 0 possibility?

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