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Contrast enhanced CT scan of the brain shows a small posterior fossa with crowding of structures at the foramen magnum. There is herniation of the peg-like cerebellar tonsils and the brainstem through the foramen magnum with the tip of the tonsils reaching 16.6mm below the McRae's line.
Contrast enhanced CT scan of the brain shows a small posterior fossa with crowding of structures at the foramen magnum. There is herniation of the peg-like cerebellar tonsils and the brainstem through the foramen magnum with the tip of the tonsils reaching 16.6mm below the McRae's line.
Arnold Chiari Malformation Type II
Arnold Chiari Malformation Type II
Julius Arnold was a German anatomist and pathologist who described a case of what is now recognized as a Chiari I malformation. Hans Chiari: was an Austrian pathologist who, in 1891, first systematically described Chiari malformations, including types I, II, and III. He later described a fourth type in 1895. McRae's line is named after Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian poet, physician, author, and soldier. He is best known for writing the poem "In Flanders Fields".
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