This article is part of the supplement: 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida .

Oral presentation

Reliability of the MRI diagnosis of the Chiari type2 malformation

Reinier Mullaart¹ , Niels Geerdink¹ and Ton van der Vliet²

¹  Dept. of Child Neurology Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, The Netherlands

²  Dept. of Neuroradiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, The Netherlands

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from 51^st Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
Heidelberg, Germany. 27–30 June 2007

Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2007, 4(Suppl 1):S8doi:10.1186/1743-8454-4-S1-S8

Published:	20 December 2007

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

Every clinician familiar with spina bifida knows what Chiari type2 malformation (C2M) is about. However, as soon as it concerns a single patient, the discussion starts whether or not it is justified to make the diagnosis in that particular case. This complicates the insight in the epidemiology and pathogenesis, complicates the indication for (fetal) surgery and complicates inferences on the effect of treatment. This was reason for us to investigate the reliability of the diagnosis of C2M.