term syrinx includes a group of conditions associated with the presence of a cavity in the spinal cord
process is usually associated with trauma or congenital abnormalities along the spinal neuraxis, typically at the craniocervical junction
patients with this condition may require conservative or surgical treatment, depending on the severity and progression of the symptoms
with the widespread use of magnetic resonance scanning, lesions in the spinal cord such as syrinx can be diagnosed earlier, often before producing clinical symptoms
the natural history of syrinx, however, is not well understood
syringomyelia is a slowly progressive syndrome of varying aetiology in which cavitation (formation of syrinxes) occur in the central segments of the spinal cord, generally in the cervical region, with resulting neurologic deficits
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