My wife has been having many neurological issues over the past 3 years and we have seen several neurologists and it seems we have gotten nowhere. Lots of test, mri's, scans, eeg's emgs and we have no solid answer. She basically gets extremely fatigued to where she can barely walk, she has seizure like episodes, poor memory, speech and coordination problems. They have said it doesn't appear to be MS, epilepsy, lyme, or hashimoto's. However, I did read about Chiari malformations and have access to her MRI's and it looks like it may be possible, but the radiologists didn't mention it. I have attached the suspect MRI photo. Does this look like possible Chiari? Any neuroradiologists in the crowd?

need a different view

Okay...here is a few shots from a different angle. Does this look like possible CM1?

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I do not think it as CM1.

Hey, I am going to preface this by saying I am not a doctor but I just recently went through the whole "MRI" thing where my doctor sat down and explained my MRI's and pointed out the actual Chiari. I would say it is kind of hard to see by these MRI's but it seems like she might have a slight Chiari. What my neurologist said is if you draw a straight line from the bottom of one side of the skull to the other, if anything hangs below that line, it could be chiari. Of course, the best thing to do is go to another doctor and get another opinion. Hope this helps!

I am a doctor of Chiropractic who also has C1M and am looking for answers. I looked at all of the views of the MRI and would say that there IS what we would consider "crowding" at the foramen magnum ( the hole in the base of the skull). She probably also had this MRI laying supine, right? Well what happens when she is standing with the weight of the brain pushing downward? Go to the Mayo clinic website and look up Chiari 1 Malformation, and diagnosis, it will tell you exactly what studies are needed to confirm the diagnosis. There is a very good Chiari Center in Aurora Colorado as well.
Good luck to you and your wife!
Cseegers

Mayo Clinic is not the place to go for Chiari . There are many Chiari specialist all over the Us . where do you live so that we may help you find the right dr.

we too are looking for a dr in louisiana for my 15yr old, but no luck. What clinic in houston actually helped your nephew.

not a doc but looks like slight chiari compared to my daughters 6mm; we are in same boat, desperately searching for chiari specialist in florida, we live in sarasota, and my daughter has already been to all childrens in st. pete; to no avail! i cant believe we came home with continued pain; and no recommendations for chiari specialist; they recommended narcotics as the next step for my 14 yr. old. I will continue to search for a chiari specialist; anyone out there from florida? we are our children's advocates...
good luck to you.

Hi, I am sorry, I am not a doctor. I wanted to tell you that my family has been through the same testing that your wife has been through. We live in Louisiana and my nephew has seen 3 doctors here and then we went to Houston. Houston is who diagnosed my nephew with Chiari. However, would not do anything until he had an "episode" (heart attack or stroke). He then went to North Shore Long Island Jewish in New York. The doctors there are amazing. My nephew was playing 3 days after his brain surgery and 2 days after his back surgery. My sister was just diagnosed yesterday with Chiari. My best advise to you is to email the doctors there and tell them your story. They will either email you back or give you phone call. I wish you the very best of luck.