Idiopathic syringomyelia: Case report and review of the literature

J. W. Lin; M. S. Lin; C. M. Lin; C. H. Tseng; S. H. Tsai; I. H. Kan; W. T. Chiu

doi:10.1007/978-3-211-35205-2_22

Idiopathic syringomyelia: Case report and review of the literature

J. W. Lin, M. S. Lin, C. M. Lin, C. H. Tseng, S. H. Tsai, I. H. Kan, W. T. Chiu

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Abstract

Syringomyelia is an uncommon disease that is caused most often by type I Chiari malformation, which develops in the hindbrain, and less frequently by other factors which are not limited to the hindbrain, including trauma, infection, or scoliosis. Idiopathic syringomyelia is rare. We present in this article a patient with idiopathic syringomyelia characterized by hypoesthesia and progressive weakness in the left lower limb. Decompression was attempted by means of laminectomy and a syringoarachnoid shunt. Motor, sensory, and bladder functions were monitored by the change in Japanese Orthopedic Association scores, which increased from 10 points preoperatively to 14 points 30 days postoperatively. This case demonstrates the effectiveness of surgical decompression in a patient with remarkable neurological deficit.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Functional and Reparative Neurosurgery
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Wien
Pages	117-120
Number of pages	4
Edition	99
ISBN (Print)	9783211352045
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-35205-2_22
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 2006

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Name	Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum
Number	99
ISSN (Print)	0065-1419

Keywords

Idiopathic syringomyelia
neurological deficit
syringoarachnoid shunting

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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