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What Causes Cerebellar Tonsils?
I've been experinencing a lot of neck pain an shoulder pain along with headaches dizziness numbness an nausea. I had a MRI of my neck an my results said I have low lying cerebellar tonsills. The doc didn't know much about this other than I needed to have a MRI done on my brain I'm wondering what my next step should be?
Thu, 25 Sep 2014
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The cerebellar tonsils are the most inferior portion of the cerebellum, a part of the hind brain which is important for motor coordination. Normally, these tonsils are wholly inside the skull. In the case of Arnold-Chiari, the tonsils are low-lying, below their normal level. It can cause severe headaches. You should discuss with your neurosurgeon and see if you really need a surgical decompression or methods to regularize CSF flow from ventricles through the cervical cord.
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The cerebellar tonsils are the most inferior portion of the cerebellum, a part of the hind brain which is important for motor coordination. Normally, these tonsils are wholly inside the skull. In the case of Arnold-Chiari, the tonsils are low-lying, below their normal level. It can cause severe headaches. You should discuss with your neurosurgeon and see if you really need a surgical decompression or methods to regularize CSF flow from ventricles through the cervical cord.
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