Chiari syndrome
Chiari syndrome or Chiari's disease may refer to one of the following diseases named after the 19th century Austrian pathologist Hans Chiari:
- Arnold-Chiari malformation, or simply "Chiari malformation", a malformation of the brain
- Budd-Chiari syndrome, a disease with typical symptoms of abdominal pain, ascites and hepatomegaly caused by occlusion of the hepatic veins
- Chiari-Frommel syndrome, an older term for hyperprolactinaemia with extended postpartum galactorrhea and amenorrhea
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