title: Hemihypertrophy and the Chiari I malformation.
abstract: We report two children with hemihypertrophy and Chiari I malformation (CIM) and review the extant medical literature regarding CIM and overgrowth disorders. We propose that these two entities do not represent a spurious association but rather share a common dysembryology of mesoderm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA. richard.tubbs@ccc.uab.edu
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wellons
authors.forename: W Jerry
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Oakes
mesh_terms: D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male