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  2. Chiari malformation - Wikipedia

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    This is the only type also known as an "Arnold–Chiari" malformation. As opposed to the less-pronounced tonsillar herniation seen with Chiari I, there is a larger cerebellar vermian displacement. Low-lying torcular herophili (confluence of sinuses), tectal beaking, and hydrocephalus with consequent clival hypoplasia are classic anatomic ...

  3. Cerebellar tonsil - Wikipedia

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    The cerebellar tonsil (Latin: tonsilla cerebelli) is a paired rounded lobule on the undersurface of each cerebellar hemisphere, continuous medially with the uvula of the cerebellar vermis and superiorly by the flocculonodular lobe. Synonyms include: tonsilla cerebelli, amygdala cerebelli, the latter of which is not to be confused with the ...

  4. Brain herniation - Wikipedia

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    Cerebellar tonsillar ectopia (CTE) is a term used by radiologists to describe cerebellar tonsils that are "low lying" but that do not meet the radiographic criteria for definition as a Chiari malformation.

  5. Cerebrospinal fluid leak - Wikipedia

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    Arnold–Chiari malformation is a condition where the cerebellar tonsils have descended, and should be considered in differential diagnosis of sCSFLS. Several complications can occur as a result of sCSFLS including decreased cranial pressure, brain herniation, infection, blood pressure problems, transient paralysis, and coma.

  6. Orofacial myofunctional disorders - Wikipedia

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    Upper airway constrictions (e.g., deviated nasal septum) or obstructions (e.g., enlarged tonsils) or infections (e.g., rhinitis) General hypotonia or low body tone; Low-lying resting posture of the tongue; Imbalance in dental growth; Inadequate development of facial and cranial bones; Inappropriate development of muscles in the head and neck areas

  7. Macrocephaly-capillary malformation - Wikipedia

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    Such cerebellar tonsil herniation may occur in up to 70% of children with M-CM. [citation needed] The medical literature suggests that there is a risk of cardiac arrhythmias in early childhood. [8] [9] The cause for this is unknown. In addition, a variety of different congenital cardiac malformations have been reported in a small number of ...

  8. Why are teens saying ‘low-key’ and what does it mean? - AOL

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    The phrase “low-key” expresses a lackluster feeling that’s analogous to “sort of." Depending on where you look, low-key can be spelled as one word, two words or as a hyphenated phrase.

  9. Cerebellopontine angle syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Cerebellar astrocytoma, a malignant tumor of star-shaped glial cells called astrocytes in the cerebellum; Intracranial epidermoid cyst; Lipoma; Glomus jugulare associated with the glossopharyngeal nerve; Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis [3] IgG4-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis [3] CPA Metastases in cancer patients with inner ear ...