Treatment of symptomatic syringomyelia with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report with magnetic resonance scan correlation.
This report describes a patient with communicating syringomyelia associated with enlarged cerebral ventricles who was managed by placing a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. His clinical improvement was rapid and dramatic. A comparison of preoperative and postoperative magnetic resonance scans documents shrinkage of the cervical syrinx.
Ogilvy
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Neurosurgical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Borges
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D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*