Syrinx of the conus medullaris and filum terminale in association with multiple hemangioblastomas.
A patient with multiple hemangioblastomas and syrinxes of the cerebellum and spinal cord is presented. An additional mass imaged at the L-3 vertebral level was identified by percutaneous syringography as a bilobular syrinx extending from the conus medullaris into the filum terminale. At surgery the syrinx was opened into the caudal cerebrospinal fluid space and the several hemangioblastomas excised. These spinal tumors all appeared to arise in juxtaposition to the posterolateral sulcus and dorsal sensory roots.
D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging