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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. Brain herniation - Wikipedia

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    Herniation can be caused by a number of factors that cause a mass effect and increase intracranial pressure (ICP): ... Cerebellar tonsillar ectopia (CTE) is a term ...

  4. Chiari malformation - Wikipedia

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    In addition to tonsillar ectopia, patients with this entity also have caudal descent of the brainstem. A significant proportion of these patients require a second surgery as a result of persistent syringomyelia. [30] [36] Headache and neck pain, similar to Chiari I II This is the only type also known as an "Arnold–Chiari" malformation.

  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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    [2] [3] Causes of a primary CSF leak are those of trauma including from an accident or intentional injury, or arising from a medical intervention known as iatrogenic. A basilar skull fracture as a cause can give the sign of CSF leakage from the ear, nose or mouth. [4] A lumbar puncture can give the symptom of a post-dural-puncture headache.

  7. Tonsillar crypts - Wikipedia

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    In healthy tonsils the openings of the crypts are fissure-like, and the walls of the lumina are in apposition. A computerized three-dimensional reconstruction of the palatine tonsil crypt system showed that in the centre of the palatine tonsil are tightly packed ramified crypts that join with each other, while on the periphery there is a rather ...

  8. Ectopic salivary gland tissue - Wikipedia

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    An accessory salivary gland is ectopic salivary gland tissue with a salivary gland duct system. [3] The most common location of accessory salivary gland tissue is an extra major salivary gland in front of the parotid gland.

  9. Tonsil - Wikipedia

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    The tonsils are a set of lymphoid organs facing into the aerodigestive tract, which is known as Waldeyer's tonsillar ring and consists of the adenoid tonsil (or pharyngeal tonsil), two tubal tonsils, two palatine tonsils, and the lingual tonsils. These organs play an important role in the immune system.