title: [MRT in syringomyelia--follow-up control after syringo-arachnoid shunt surgery with clinical correlation].
abstract: In 8 patients with syringomyelia, MR long-term follow-ups (observation period 25-46 months) were done after syringosubarachnoidal shunt operations. MR showed directly after surgery in 6 cases an extensive collapse of the syringomyelias and in 2 cases a lesser reduction of the diameter of the syrinx. During the subsequent course the size of the cavities increased again in 3 cases. The size of the syrinx visualised by MR did not correlate with the clinical status during the follow-up studies. This seems to point to an insufficient representation of the disease process by the morphological visualisation of the size of the syrinx.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roosen
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Lumenta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steinmetz
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Bock
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mödder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: MRT bei Syringomyelie--Verlaufskontrollen nach syringosubarachnoidalen Shuntoperationen mit klinischer Korrelation.