Syringomyelia

Syringomyelia

Patients may present with sensory disturbance, weakness of the hands, loss of pain and temperature sensation, asym metrical abdominal reflexes or progressive kyphoscoliosis. It is associated with Arnold–Chiari malformation and spinal cord tumours. Where syringomyelia is associated with an Arnold–Chiari malformation and scoliosis, a posterior cranial f ossa decompression should be carried out first to resolve the syringomyelia. The scoliosis may then be corrected at a later date. Syringomyelia

Patients may present with sensory disturbance, weakness of the hands, loss of pain and temperature sensation, asym metrical abdominal reflexes or progressive kyphoscoliosis. It is associated with Arnold–Chiari malformation and spinal cord tumours. Where syringomyelia is associated with an Arnold–Chiari malformation and scoliosis, a posterior cranial f ossa decompression should be carried out first to resolve the syringomyelia. The scoliosis may then be corrected at a later date. Syringomyelia

Patients may present with sensory disturbance, weakness of the hands, loss of pain and temperature sensation, asym metrical abdominal reflexes or progressive kyphoscoliosis. It is associated with Arnold–Chiari malformation and spinal cord tumours. Where syringomyelia is associated with an Arnold–Chiari malformation and scoliosis, a posterior cranial f ossa decompression should be carried out first to resolve the syringomyelia. The scoliosis may then be corrected at a later date.