mild tonsillar

[seira85]

Hye..
Im very new to this..i just got d MRI report and in the report it say that everything normal except have mild tonsillar descent through the foramen magnum by about 5 mm below thr posterior margin of foramen magnum..
(Impression : normal study of brain except for mild tonsillar ectopia )  The doctor give me the medicine and and will check again in one month..The question is

What actually is mild tonsillar..In my cases can it become worst or not..because the doctor say im lucky because it not critical..relly have no idea and clue bout that..can someone help me about it..

Thank you for your help

[seira85]

iii,,tq for the reply...
sory for did not mention..Actually i had and headed and sometime pain in the back..Actually 2-3 month before i have and accident..during the accident i felt down from bike and hit the bid stone..but nothing happend,,just got a back pain...but after 2 month later i start get a headed.So i go to d doctor and she refer my to the neurologist...and she ask me to get some MRI report..:

when the headed come,sometime i cannot sleep,see the black only and it pain in front of face and the back of neck...and also cannot focus to anything else..before see the doctor i only take the paracetemol when i pain so i can sleep..

now im seing the doctor and i will get know the changed of my condition on 1 month after this..hope the condition will be better..

Tq..

[selmaS]

Hi...symptoms r deff important...but the term mild???? can mean that the dr that dx'd u is not a chiari dr...mild in chiari can only refer to symptoms in MHO.....

The reason u had a MRI is a good place to start....

Next, depending on ur symptoms u will want to know if u have a CSF blockage, a syrinx or other related conditions like tethered cord, IIH, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.....

The most important issue is not the size of ur herniation, but if u have a CSF blockage, and symptoms...overcrowding..,...

Find a good chiari dr...and always ask for copies of all testing,...MRI's ...blood work and reports from all the testing including FILMS OR CD of tests.

"selma"

[lu7997]

Ibwas going to ask symptoms too

because if it is mild because of size only well find a chiari speacialist (which I would suggest doing anyways to have a background with someone if needed later)

if it is mild because you aren't having problems and really found it by accident well than for now you can relax but I would still find a speacialist

Start getting copies of scans and reports

I learned that symptoms can come on at any time but there are some people that go there life with this and never have a sign.  So the real question is how much is your daily life being effected?


Glad you found this sorry for the reason it came to be. And if you read through u will find that a huge majority of the people on here have been through doc after doc that did not acknowledge this as being anything that is why I suggested a chiari specialist (they are usually neurosurgeons I am not even sure if a neurologist could be classified as one). They would have current teachings on this disorder

I am assuming since you found this you have learned tonsilary ectopia is another way of saying chiari basically

[kricklekrin]

What led to the MRI, were you having symptoms?  Medication can help with symptoms of chiari, but can't correct chiari.  Can I ask what your symptoms were?