Welcome to my world. I just reviewed my file from 2006...9 years ago and duscoveted findings of Chiari Malformation. I was never told about it either. Ive been going crazy over symptoms(ask Selma!) I havnt had an app yet to discuss it to rule out anything else...
Hang in there. This is a good place to be. Selma 8s very patient with franic newcomers (I would know!)
Hi and welcome to the Chiari forum.
Many Drs consider Chiari an incidental finding and feel it will not cause symptoms....however, there are far too many of us with this DX and many symptoms...
I am not sure what the findings from the report mean, but the herniation is 7 mm's which is most likely only one side...and who knows how far the other one is...There are 2 tonsils and the measurement is usually the longer of the 2.
There is more testing that need to be done, a CINE MRI and MRI's of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine to rule out other related issues...
With Children it is important to rule out sleep apnea....as many with Chiari can develop this.