Guest guest Posted February 6, 2003 Report Share Posted February 6, 2003 Hello all, I am asking a question for a friend that has a 15 mo. old little girl with chiari 1. She also has other problems and her mommy is getting nowhere with the docs at UCLA. She is there rifgt now and unable to reach a computer. This little girl had a chest x-ray done and her mother read the medical reports that the docs sent her with to take to UCLA. The report on the x-ray said " Prominant Cardiac Silhoutte " I am not a doc, but this sounds serious to me. I looked on the net and saw something about this that mentioned that it meant cardiac enlargement. We are very curious because the docs in her home town did not even address this. Is this something to worry about. Also this baby has had decompression surgery, and now on the last MRI done they say that the tonsils are down to c-1 and turning under. Mommy is confused. She said that when they did the surgery, that they removed that little " y " shaped bone. I am not sure what she means by that. I know I had c-1 removed . Sorry if this sounds very child like in explanation, but I am speaking from what her mother told me. If anyone can help, we would appreciate it. Especially the definition of " prominant cardiac silhoutte " . Thank you in advance for any help. Love & Hugs, Mandy in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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