Neurosurgery
Syrinx (tube)
syringomyelia: within spinal cord
syringobulbia: within spinal cord
can be dilation of central canal OR in parenchyma
associated with:
Rx Surgical decompression if symptomatic: shunt or fenestration
syringomyelia: within spinal cord
syringobulbia: within spinal cord
can be dilation of central canal OR in parenchyma
associated with:
- Arnold Chiari malformations
- Tethered cord
- Klippel-Feil Syndrome
- Post-infection
- Post-inflammatory
- Post-traumatic
- Cord neoplasms
Rx Surgical decompression if symptomatic: shunt or fenestration