Two cases of post-traumatic syringomyelia presenting 10 and 41 years after spinal injuries that had caused lumbar vertebral fractures but no lasting neurological deficits are reported. In both patients the caudal end of the syrinx cavities, as shown by MRI, corresponded to the level of the previous vertebral fractures. Patients presenting with post-traumatic syringomyelia after uncomplicated sp...

Syringomyelia is characterised by progressive abnormal CSF accumulation in the spinal cord. It causes dissociated suspended anaesthesia affecting pain and temperature sensation predominantly in the upper limbs. Etiology is unclear. There are many theories proposed but the accepted fact is that it is a manifestation of an underlying pathology rather than being a disease itself. Treatment of the ...

Cavernous degeneration of the optic nerve has been described predominantly in association with long-standing glaucoma, although less frequently it has been reported in other, disparate disease processes. The only descriptions to date have been in pathologic specimens in vitro. This is the first report to describe syrinx formation of the optic nerves in vivo in two patients with nonglaucomatous ...

The hypoglossal motor neurons that innervate the vocal organ (syrinx) of the male zebra finch show a selective, long-latency (50-millisecond) response to sound. This response is eliminated by lesions to forebrain song-control nuclei. Different song syllables elicit a response from different syringeal motor neurons. Conspecific vocalizations may therefore be perceived as members of a set of voca...

The widespread use of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has increased the preoperative diagnosis of dermoid tumors and detection of their complications. In particular, cases of ruptured dermoid tumors, which may manifest as emergent conditions with variable clinical pictures, have typical CT and MR imaging findings. In this report, we present a case of a spinal dermoi...

Hydromyelia is a disorder in which the central canal of the spinal cord is distended with spinal fluid . The hydromyelia may be segmental, polysegmental, or holocord [1]. Many surgical techniques have been employed for the decompression of symptomatic hydromyelia, including hydromyelio-subarachnoid or hydromyelio-peritoneal shunts, aspiration of the syrinx cavity, terminal ventriculostomy, and ...

Syringomyelia is characterised by progressive abnormal CSF accumulation in the spinal cord. It causes dissociated suspended anaesthesia affecting pain and temperature sensation predominantly in the upper limbs. Etiology is unclear. There are many theories proposed but the accepted fact is that it is a manifestation of an underlying pathology rather than being a disease itself. Treatment of the ...

Q3: What relevant investigations would you request? Routine blood analysis including erythrocyte sedimentation rate, thyroid function tests, and B12; lateral cervical spine radiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of cervical spine. This woman’s MRI scans (see figs 1 and 2) revealed a dilated syrinx extending from C2–T3 with characteristic septation in the lower cervical region. There w...