Post-traumatic syringomyelia

Year 2018, Volume: 43 Issue: 3, 736 - 739, 30.09.2018

Ufuk Emre Armağan Varol Banu Bayramoğlu

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.397301

Abstract

Syringomyelia is a rare and progressive disorder characterized by cystic cavitation within the spinal cord. Trauma is one of the important etiological causes for syringomyelia. In this article, we presented a patient with post-traumatic syringomyelia who applied with late period neurological findings.

Keywords

Post-traumatic syringomyelia, Spinal cord, Trauma

Post-travmatik siringomiyeli

Abstract

Siringomyeli, spinal kord içinde kistik kavitasyonla karakterize progresif, nadir bir hastalıktır. Travma, sirinks gelişiminde önemli bir etyolojik nedendir. Bu yazıda, geç dönem nörolojik bulgularla başvuran bir post-travmatik siringomyeli olgusu sunulmuştur.

Keywords

Post-traumatic syringomyelia, Spinal cord, Trauma

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