Open AccessSyringomyelia Associated with Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome: Case Report
Author(s) -
Atsuo Tanimoto,
Norihiko Tamaki,
Tatsuya Nagashima,
Mitsugu Nakamura
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00037
Subject(s) - syringomyelia , foramen magnum , medicine , basilar invagination , syrinx (medicine) , surgery , decompression , magnetic resonance imaging , laminectomy , chiari malformation , radiology , spinal cord , psychiatry
Hajdu-Cheney syndrome is a rare idiopathic bone disease based on a generalized bone dysplasia accompanied by acro-osteolysis. We describe a surgical case of this syndrome that was accompanied by neurological signs associated with cervical syringomyelia.