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3343618

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
Two cases of progressive myelopathy occurring years after incomplete cervical spinal cord injury are presented. In both patients, the clinical features, as well as the "bull's-eye" appearance of the delayed computerized tomography (CT) myelography study and the circumscribed low density of the magnetic resonance image, were consistent with posttraumatic syringomyelia, but surgical exploration including intra-operative spinal sonography failed to reveal a syrinx. Although arachnoiditis was present in both patients, the striking abnormality found at surgery was the softened appearance and the microcystic degeneration of the cord. The microcystic spinal cord degeneration found in these cases represents a previously undescribed cause of late deterioration after spinal cord injury that may mimic the clinical, CT-myelographic, and magnetic resonance features of posttraumatic syringomyelia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-3085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
466-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Microcystic spinal cord degeneration causing posttraumatic myelopathy. Report of two cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports