Clinical features
The clinical features of syringomyelia may be grouped according to which pathways are damaged:
- spinothalamic damage:
- this produces the classical dissociated sensory loss which is characteristic of syringomyelia
- this produces the classical dissociated sensory loss which is characteristic of syringomyelia
- anterior horn cell damage:
- the syrinx tracks antero-laterally
- causes wasting, weakness and loss of tendon reflexes
Reference
- Bogdanov EI, Mendelevich EG. Syrinx size and duration of symptoms predict the pace of progressive myelopathy: retrospective analysis of 103 unoperated cases with craniocervical junction malformations and syringomyelia. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2002 May;104(2):90-7.
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