Hemihypertrophy and the Chiari I malformation

R Shane Tubbs; Matthew D Smyth; John C Wellons 3rd; W Jerry Oakes

doi:10.1159/000069820

Hemihypertrophy and the Chiari I malformation

Pediatr Neurosurg. 2003 May;38(5):258-61. doi: 10.1159/000069820.

Authors

R Shane Tubbs¹, Matthew D Smyth, John C Wellons 3rd, W Jerry Oakes

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA. richard.tubbs@ccc.uab.edu

PMID: 12686770
DOI: 10.1159/000069820

Abstract

We report two children with hemihypertrophy and Chiari I malformation (CIM) and review the extant medical literature regarding CIM and overgrowth disorders. We propose that these two entities do not represent a spurious association but rather share a common dysembryology of mesoderm.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arnold-Chiari Malformation / complications*
Arnold-Chiari Malformation / pathology*
Arnold-Chiari Malformation / therapy
Child
Female
Humans
Hypertrophy / complications*
Hypertrophy / pathology*
Hypertrophy / therapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male