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Hemifacial oedema complicating a case of syringomyelia
Author(s) -
MCFADDEN J.P.,
HANDFIELDJONES S.E.,
HARMAN R.R.M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1988.tb00649.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , surgery , general surgery
Summary Syringomyelia is primarily a disease of the cervical cord characterized by an asymetrical dilatation of the central canal. 1 It can cause dissociated sensory loss of pain and temperatures over one or both sides of the face. We present a case of syringomyelia complicated by facial oedema confined to the area of sensory loss. We postulate that the cause is due to an autonomic defect, and discuss the likely microcirculatory defects which lead to neuropathic oedema.