R. Shane Tubbs • W. Jerry Oakes
Editors

2013

The history of the Chiari malformation is long and interesting with the interest growing in each succeeding year. Thought to be rare when fi rst described by Chiari in 1890, the increasing recognition can be partly attributed to the advent of magnetic resonance imaging. But instead of clari fi cation, the visualization and accurate description made possible by this diagnostic tool has only brought forth new manifestations of the process and new controversies over management.