In the most severe form of the condition, type 3 Chiari malformation, part of the lower back part of the brain ( cerebellum ) ...

EMILY Cockerham was a healthy child – until one day, bouncing on a trampoline triggered a splitting headache. That moment was the first sign of a rare condition that would cause her brain to ...

Marsailidh Groat, 30, from Edinburgh, was diagnosed with a Chiari malformation when she was 12 after she started experiencing ...

Approximately 1 in every 200 people has a cavernous malformation and many develop symptoms by the time they are in their 30s. Most cavernous malformations appear spontaneously and without explanation; ...

A recent study has unveiled the critical roles of two transcription factors, MAFB and CEBPA, in the development of ...

A team at Yale–New Haven Children’s Hospital in Connecticut performed a minimally invasive procedure on a 3-day-old baby who had been diagnosed with a lymphatic malformation in utero. A procedure ...

The term spinal vascular malformation includes several distinct types of vascular problems under one name. This group of spinal vascular disorders includes spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs), ...

Meet Emily Cockerham, who has a rare and painful condition whereby the lower part of her brain falls out of her skull and ...

Using a single-cell sequencing technique, Brazilian researchers have created the first cell atlas of focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), a malformation of the cerebral cortex that leads to drug ...