1. Spontaneous Resolution of a Cervicothoracic Syrinx in a Child
- Author
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Dennis W. W. Shaw, Richard G. Ellenbogen, Anthony M. Avellino, Gavin W. Britz, James R. McDowell, and Theodore S. Roberts
- Subjects
congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,respiratory system ,Chiari type i malformation ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Medicine ,Syrinx (medicine) ,Neurology (clinical) ,Congenital disease ,business ,Syringomyelia ,Arnold-Chiari syndrome - Abstract
A child with near complete spontaneous resolution of a cervicothoracic syrinx and improvement in a Chiari type I malformation without surgical intervention is presented. The child was followed clinically with serial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and has remained neurologically stable over an 11-year period. To our knowledge, only 3 pediatric cases of spontaneous resolution of a spinal cord syrinx as documented by MR imaging without surgical intervention have been reported. This case contributes to the literature on the natural history of syringes.
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- 1999