[MRT in syringomyelia--follow-up control after syringo-arachnoid shunt surgery with clinical correlation].
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.
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Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf.
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Steinmetz
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Bock
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Mödder
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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
MRT bei Syringomyelie--Verlaufskontrollen nach syringosubarachnoidalen Shuntoperationen mit klinischer Korrelation.