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Type of Article: Original Research

Year: 2016 | Volume 4 | Issue 3 | Page No. 2860-2867

Date of Publication: 30-09-2016

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2016.356

STUDY OF CHIARI MALFORMATIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN NORTH-EAST INDIA

Sushant Agarwal ¹, Prabahita Baruah ², Pradipta Ray Choudhury *³, Abhamoni Baro ⁴.

¹ Registrar, Department of Radiology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati-781032, Assam, India.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India.

^*3 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India.

⁴ DM student, Department of Endocrinology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India.

Address: Dr.Pradipta Ray Choudhury, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar-788014, Assam, India.
E-Mail: prabahitabaruah@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: Chiari malformations are herniation of part of cerebellum into the foramen magnum. Professor Hans Chiari classified chiari malformations into four types: type I to type IV. Type I chiari malformation is the most extensively studied entity. Type III and IV are very rare variety.
Aim: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study of the different types of chiari malformations in a tertiary care hospital in North-East India.
Materials and Methods: After performing MRI of brain and spinal cord, 63 cases of chiari malformations were included in the study. The cases were classified according to the classification of Hans Chiari.
Results: 73.02% cases were type I followed by 22.22% cases of type II chiari malformations. Male predominated female and more than half of the patients were under twenty years of age. Hydrocephalus and syringomyelia were mostly associated with type I chiari malformations. Conclusion: various aspects of such a rare type of congenital anomaly were studied in this part of the country.
Key words: Chiari malformations, MRI, Syringomyelia, Hydrocephalus.

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Sushant Agarwal, Prabahita Baruah, Pradipta Ray Choudhury, Abhamoni Baro. STUDY OF CHIARI MALFORMATIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN NORTH-EAST INDIA. Int J Anat Res 2016;4(3):2860-2867. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2016.356