Syringomyelia secondary to cervical spondylosis: Case report and review of literature.
| Autor: | Bhagavathula Venkata SS; Department of Neurosurgery, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Karnataka, India., Arimappamagan A; Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India., Lafazanos S; Department of Neurosurgery, General Military Hospital, Athens, Greece., Pruthi N; Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of neurosciences in rural practice [J Neurosci Rural Pract] 2014 Nov; Vol. 5 (Suppl 1), pp. S78-82. |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0976-3147.145215 |
| Abstrakt: | Syringomyelia secondary to cervical spondylosis is a rare entity to encounter in clinical practice. We discuss the case of a 53-year-old lady who presented with a syringomyelic syndrome and was found to have cervical spondylosis on imaging. Cine-MRI revealed an obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in the cervical spinal subarachnoid space. Decompression of the same led to clinical and radiological improvement. There is a potential causal association between cervical spondylosis and syringomyelia. MRI CSF flow studies may help in deciding the course of treatment in such cases. A subset of patients with cervical spondylosis and concurrent spinal cord signal intensity changes may show reversal of the same following intervention. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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