Open AccessPost-Traumatic Syringomyelia: A Case Series
Author(s) -
Babar Butt,
Syed Ali Zunair,
Amanur Rehman,
Alia Latif
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pakistan journal of neurological surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2409-5567
pISSN - 1995-8811
DOI - 10.36552/pjns.v25i4.626
Subject(s) - syringomyelia , syrinx (medicine) , medicine , lesion , spinal cord , surgery , radiological weapon , cord , psychiatry
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.