@article{article_535518, title={Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia}, journal={Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports}, volume={4}, year={2013}, author={Bayramoğlu, Atıf and Sarı, İhsan Saygın and Aköz, Ayhan and Karaman, Serhat and Bilir, Özlem and Kamacı, Ümit}, keywords={Post-travmatik sringomiyeli, vertebra kırığı, manyetik rezonans görüntüleme}, abstract={Cases of post-traumatic syringomyelia could not be diagnosed until the advent of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In recent years, the incidence of detected cases of post-traumatic syringomyelia has increased. MRI has suggested an incidence of up to 22%. We describe a 21-year-old female who presented to our emergency services immediately after a fall, with grievance of weakness in the legs, and loss of sensation. Plain radiographs and a CT scan were normal. The MRI performed while she was in the emergency department (ED) showed a syringomyelic cavity extending from T6 to T8. The patient was hospitalised with the diagnosis of traumatic syringomyelia, in the neurology department. Intravenous pulse steroid therapy and anti-oedema therapy were initiated, and the patient was discharged with oral prednisolone on the seventh day of admission. The present article describes the case of a patient with post-traumatic syringomyelia that appeared immediately primarily without vertebral fractures. Patients presenting with post-traumatic syringomyelia after uncomplicated spinal fracture are very rare. In patients admitted to the ED as a result of trauma, post-traumatic syringomyelia should be considered even if there are no vertebral fractures}, number={4}, publisher={Acil Tıp Uzmanları Derneği}