Shoulder enlargement as the presenting sign in syringomyelia. Report of two cases and review of the literature.
Two adult patients had painful enlargement of the shoulder and complete destruction of the humeral head. Angiograms of the shoulder showed highly vascular lesions in both patients. Both patients had syringomyelia, for which the swollen shoulder was the first manifestation.
D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D012782:Shoulder; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*