Budd-Chiari syndrome is defined as hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction regardless of the level of the obstruction (anywhere between the small hepatic veins to the junction of the inferior vena cava and right atrium) or the cause of obstruction. It is frequently associated with hepatomegaly, abdominal pain, ascites and hepatic dysfunction, and patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome often demons...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Diffusion-weighted imaging can be used to characterize brain maturation. MR imaging of the fetus is used in cases of suspected Chiari II malformation when further evaluation of the posterior fossa is required. We sought to investigate whether there were any quantitative ADC abnormalities of the cerebellum in fetuses with this malformation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Measurem...

To the Editor, We read with interest the article by Shukla and Bhatia [1] in a recent issue of the Journal. The authors found that 6 of their patients could not undergo the standard radiological procedures because of technical reasons; reasons for this technical failure were however, not provided. In our experience of adult patients, the TIPSS procedure is usually possible. Of 58 patients who u...

Here we present a rare case of infective endocarditis (IE) with Streptococcus canis and Chiari network in an 85 year old female living multiple dogs open skin lower extremity predisposing her to bacteremia. Underlying abnormalities the cardiac chambers such as predisposes higher incidence bacterial seeding causing IE. A is usually asymptomatic no clinical significance but can worsen prognosis I...

Between January, 1981, and July, 1991, 17 infants under 1 month of age were admitted to The Hospital for Sick Children with the signs and symptoms of a Chiari II malformation. These patients' presentation included swallowing difficulty (71%), stridor (59%), apneic spells (29%), aspiration (12%), weakness of cry (18%), and arm weakness (53%). Decompression of the Chiari II malformation was perfo...

Several authors observed a loss of correction after performing Chiari pelvic osteotomy (CPO) in young patients. Hence, the aim this study was to answer two questions: (1) Does affect development acetabulum skeletally immature patients long term? (2) Is there any evidence previously described “Anti-Chiari” effect mean follow-up 36 years? Data from 21 (27 hips) undergoing CPO before age 16 years ...

It was not until the late nineteenth century when reports of hindbrain herniation (Chiari malformations) began to be published. However, even earlier reports can be found in the extant literature. These include a report of hindbrain herniation in association with myelomeningocele by Tulp (1593–1674) in 1641. Cleland and Arnold would also report cases of hindbrain herniation found in patients wi...

INTRODUCTION Insufficient femoral head coverage is found in a variety of diseases, with acetabular dysplasia as the most frequent disorder and triple pelvic osteotomy as the most recently introduced surgical treatment. OBJECTIVE This study analyses pre- and postoperative pathoanatomic characteristics of triple in comparison to Salter and Chiari osteotomies, with a logistic regression analysis...