Abstract:Chiari Malformation type 1 (CMI) is a congenital anomaly of the hindbrain, in which cerebellar tonsils herniate into the spinal canal. A 47-year-old male patient, who never had an additional disease up to that time sat on a dentist's chair for approximately half an hour with his neck extended for a tooth extraction. While getting up from the chair, the patient developed clinical symptoms. CMI may be undetected for years. Clinical symptoms may have appeared because of keeping the neck in the flexion or extended… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.