Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia: A Case Series
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https://doi.org/10.36552/pjns.v25i4.626Keywords:
Syringomyelia, meningioma, Cervicomedullary junction, penetrating spinal cord injuryAbstract
It is relatively common to occur in a Tertiary Care Neurosurgical setup to get a case of Syringomyelia proximal or distal to a space-occupying lesion (SOL) or site of spinal cord compression. In this case series, we are presenting two cases in which syringomyelia developed after traumatic spinal cord injury. On initial radiological investigations, the first case presented as an old D12 fracture with Post-traumatic syrinx formation but on complete workup for the extent of the syrinx, another lesion was found incidentally in the form of an intradural extramedullary SOL at the level of cervicomedullary junction. The SOL turned out histologically as WHO Grade I Meningioma. The second case presented as syrinx formation after gunshot (fire-arm) penetrating spinal cord injury to the D11-12 vertebrae. Treatment plans of both these patients are presented here in detail along with the literature review.
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