Abstract | OBJECT: METHODS: Craniocervical decompression was performed in all patients, after which there was resolution of the symptoms in the four symptomatic patients, and all five showed marked reduction in the size of the syrinx. CONCLUSIONS: The authors hypothesize the rare occurrence of syringohydromyelia resulting from a Chiari-like pathophysiological condition but lacking a hindbrain hernia. Patients with this condition may benefit from craniocervical decompression.
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Authors | B J Iskandar, G L Hedlund, P A Grabb, W J Oakes |
Journal | Journal of neurosurgery
(J Neurosurg)
Vol. 89
Issue 2
Pg. 212-6
(Aug 1998)
ISSN: 0022-3085 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9688115
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Contrast Media
- Gadolinium DTPA
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Arachnoiditis
(diagnosis)
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
(complications)
- Cervical Vertebrae
(surgery)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Contrast Media
- Cranial Fossa, Posterior
(surgery)
- Craniotomy
- Encephalocele
(pathology)
- Female
- Fistula
(surgery)
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gadolinium DTPA
- Humans
- Laminectomy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
- Male
- Retrospective Studies
- Rhombencephalon
(pathology)
- Spinal Cord Diseases
(surgery)
- Spinal Cord Neoplasms
(diagnosis)
- Spinal Dysraphism
(diagnosis)
- Syringomyelia
(surgery)
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