Chiari Malformation? Some core aspects of interest

Our first post in the new year recaps some bullet points on the Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I, which is often referred to as Chiari malformation.

The Arnold-Chiari Syndrome indicates the herniation of the lower part of the en-

cephalon and the cerebellum, the cerebellar tonsils, through the foramen magnum

towards the spinal canal.

- According to the WHO classification of diseases ICD 10, its name is Arnold-Chiari Syndrome.  

- Its most frequent form is the Arnold-Chiari Syndrome TYPE I, which is part of a new condition called Filum Disease.

- The Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I is far more frequent than one may think, more than 1 in 700.

- The Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I is not related to the action of the cerebrospinal fluid, but to the traction that the Filum Terminale ligament exerts on the whole central nervous system.

- The conventional treatment for the  Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I , the suboccipital craniectomy (decompression surgery) is contraindicated, as it causes more fatalities than the evolution of the disease itself.  
  
- Idiopathic Syringomyelia, which can be associated with Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I in the Filum Disease, is an injury of the spinal cord tissue due to lack of blood flow.

- The Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I can be associated to Idiopathic Syringomyelia, which in turn in 75% of cases is accompanied by Idiopathic Scoliosis. All 3 share the same cause together with other conditions, such as Basilar Invagination, Platybasia, Odontoid Retroflexion, Brainstem Kinking and others.

- The progression of the 3 conditions, (Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I , Idiopathic Syringomyelia, Idiopathic Scoliosis) and of the other clinical forms of Filum Disease, can be halted by applying the surgical sectioning of the Filum Terminale.

- There is a health method, called Filum System^® and patented to guarantee an excellent medical praxis, that through its 12 protocols allows the diagnosis, treatment and control of the majority of manifestations of the Filum Disease, including the Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I.

References: 

M.B. Royo Salvador, Platibasia, impresión basilar, retroceso odontoideo y kinking del tronco cerebral, etiología común con la siringomielia, escoliosis y malformación de Arnold-Chiari idiopáticas, 1996, https://institutchiaribcn.com/platibasia-impresion-basilar-retroceso-odontoideo-y-kinking-del-tronco-cerebral-etiologia-comun-con-la-sirignomielia-escoliosis-y-malformacion-de-arnold-chiari-idiopaticas/
M.B. Royo Salvador, Siringomielia, escoliosis y malformación de Arnold-Chiari idiopática. Etiología en común, 1996, https://institutchiaribcn.com/siringomielia-escoliosis-y-malformacion-de-arnold-chiari-idiopatica-etiologia-comun/
M.B. Royo Salvador, Doctoral Thesis, 1992 https://institutchiaribcn.com/tesis-doctoral-aportacion-a-la-etiologia-de-la-siringomielia/