[Acute onset syringomyelia: two cases]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2001 Jul;157(6-7):692-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Two cases of acute presentation of cervical syringomyelia associated with Chiari malformation are reported. In the first case, dysphagia was the main symptom; the second patient had symptoms suggesting acute brain stem ischemia. The mechanism of this acute onset of the illness is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation / diagnosis
  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
  • Deglutition Disorders / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / diagnosis
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Syringomyelia / diagnosis*
  • Syringomyelia / etiology