Taber's Medical Dictionary
Arnold-Chiari deformity
(ar′nŏld-kē-ar′ē)
[Julius Arnold, Ger. pathologist, 1835-1915; Hans Chiari, Austrian pathologist, 1851-1916]
A condition in which the inferior poles of the cerebellar hemispheres and the medulla protrude through the foramen magnum into the spinal canal. It is one of the causes of hydrocephalus and is usually accompanied by spina bifida cystica and meningomyelocele.
SYN: SEE: Chiari deformity
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Arnold-Chiari Deformity." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central Redesign, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741221/0/Arnold_Chiari_deformity.
Arnold-Chiari deformity. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741221/0/Arnold_Chiari_deformity. Accessed July 6, 2022.
Arnold-Chiari deformity. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741221/0/Arnold_Chiari_deformity
Arnold-Chiari Deformity [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2022 July 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741221/0/Arnold_Chiari_deformity.
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