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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Neurol. 2020 Jan 21;106:32–37. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.12.005

Table 2.

Primary Comorbidities and Clinical Features of CM1 Patients

N, % of Sample Avg. age at CM1 diagnosis (yrs) Avg. tonsillar ectopia (mm) Avg. Obex descent (mm) % with syrinx % receiving PFD
Central Nervous System 113 (18%) 7.9 9.3 +2.58 26 30
Epilepsy 19 6.2 10.1 +2.92 22 17.6
Hydrocephalus 17 2.3 10.4 −0.09 29 35.3
Autism/Developmental Delay 14 9 10.1 +3.11 0 20
Growth Hormone/Pituitary Issues 13 7.7 10.1 +3.42 18 54.5
Arachnoid/Cerebral Cysts 12 10.5 8.0 +3.31 18 9.1
Ventriculomegaly 7 2 7.0 +5.95 40 14.2
Tethered Cord/Spinal Anomaly 7 5 7.7 +3.90 43 57
Pseudotumor Cerebri 5 16 9.1 −0.45 20 20
Macrocephaly 5 1.2 10.2 +3.10 20 25
Cerebral Palsy 4 5 7.5 −2.40 0 75
Cortical Malformations 4 7 5.0 +0.65 0 0
White Matter Abnormality 4 9.5 11.5 +1.05 0 50
Stroke/Intraventricular hemorrhage 2 1.5 8.5 +9.65 0 50
Skeletal 47 (8%) 6.8 10.1 +1.06 30 47
Hypermobility/Joint Laxity 15 8.6 9.3 +3.48 40 26.6
Craniosynostosis 8 5 8.5 +3.56 25 50
Platybasia 7 8.4 15.3 −0.76 14 57.1
Other Bone Malformations 5 3 8.8 −3.60 20 40
Congenital Scoliosis 3 15.3 7.3 −2.23 0 67
Congenital Torticollis 2 11 22.5 unknown 0 0
Pyriform Aperture Stenosis 2 5 9.0 −3.65 0 50
Hemivertebrae 2 3 11.0 −4.45 50 50
Vitamin D Rickets 1 13 13.0 +1.4 0 0
Spinal Trauma 1 8 17.0 unknown 0 0
Multiple Congenital Anomalies (MCA) 26 (4%)
Varied 26 5.6 12.3 +5.02 27 42
Idiopathic 427 (70%)
Varied 427 10.3 10.0 +2.19 26 37
Overall Sample 612 (100%) 9.4 10.0 +2.30 25 38