ArticleJournal of medical case reports2020
Development of pre-syrinx state and syringomyelia following a minor injury: a case report.
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- Spinal Adhesive Arachnoidopathy, the Disorder More Than Simply Adhesive Arachnoiditis: A Comprehensive Systematic Review of 510 Cases.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Pooled it
- Posttraumatic syrinx resulting in syringomyelia and syringobulbia: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026Article
- Delta Cord as a Radiological Localization Sign of Postoperative Adhesive Arachnoiditis: A Case Report and Literature Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Spinal cord untethering and midline myelotomy for delayed, symptomatic post-traumatic syringomyelia due to retained ballistic fragments: case report.Spinal cord series and cases · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundA generally accepted rule is that posttraumatic syringomyelia (PTS) results from spinal cord injury (SCI). CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the development of syringomyelia without SCI in a 54-year-old Caucasian man following a mild motor vehicle accident. The computed tomography on admission excluded an injury of the spine. Because of neck and back pain, magnetic resonance imaging was performed on day 3 post-injury and demonstrated minimal changes from a ligamentous strain at the cervicothoracic transition. Any traumatic affection of the bone, vertebral discs, intraspinal compartment, or spinal cord were excluded. Some limb weakness and neurogenic bladder dysfunction started manifesting within the following weeks. Repeated MRIs following the accident demonstrated arachnoid adhesions at the C1-2 level and spinal cord edema equivalent to a pre-syrinx state at 12 months and syrinx formation at 24 months. Because of further deterioration, decompression was performed at 36 months.
conclusionsWe conclude that even after a minor trauma PTS can occur and that medullary edema (pre-syrinx state) may precede syrinx formation.
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