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However, asymptomatic tonsillar ectopia is an increasingly recognized phenomenon, the significance of which is poorly understood.<\/jats:p><jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Methods.<\/jats:italic> The authors retrospectively reviewed the records of all brain magnetic resonance (MR) images obtained at our hospital over a 43-month period in an attempt to ascertain the relative prevalence and MR imaging characteristics of asymptomatic CMIs. Of 22,591 patients who underwent MR imaging of the head and cervical spine, 175 were found to have CMIs with tonsillar herniation extending more than 5 mm below the foramen magnum. Of these, 25 (14%) were found to be clinically asymptomatic. The average extent of ectopia in this population was 11.4 \u00b1 4.86 mm, and was significantly associated with a smaller cisterna magna. 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