Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Neural foraminal stenosis is a common condition that can cause symptoms referred ...

In the most severe form of the condition, type 3 Chiari malformation, part of the lower back part of the brain ( cerebellum ) ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC ... In such cases, there is direct extension of a paraspinal mass through the epidural foramen, and this extension produces the compression. Finally, metastasis ...

And the hole through which the spinal cord enters the skull, called the foramen magnum, is near the center of the cranium in humans, allowing our heads to balance easily atop our spines rather ...

Peripheral neuropathic pruritus associated with cervical spinal foramen impingement may be the etiologic factor in some patients (Goodkin, Wingard, & Bernhard, 2003). Notalgia parasthetica is a ...

and more downwardly oriented foramen magnum (hole where spinal cord exits brain), suggesting upright posture and locomotion ...