TY - CHAP
T1 - Idiopathic syringomyelia
T2 - Case report and review of the literature
AU - Lin, J. W.
AU - Lin, M. S.
AU - Lin, C. M.
AU - Tseng, C. H.
AU - Tsai, S. H.
AU - Kan, I. H.
AU - Chiu, W. T.
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Idiopathic syringomyelia
KW - neurological deficit
KW - syringoarachnoid shunting
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-211-35205-2_22
DO - 10.1007/978-3-211-35205-2_22
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85052609303
SN - 9783211352045
T3 - Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum
SP - 117
EP - 120
BT - Advances in Functional and Reparative Neurosurgery
PB - Springer-Verlag Wien
ER -