[Dorsal interapophyseal arthropathy and spinal cord compression in syringomyelia].
A dorsal spinal cord compression by exuberant arthropathy and osteophytes of the articular processes occurred in a 61 years old patient with syringomyelia. The clinical symptoms were related to postero lateral cord involvement and rapidly appeared after syringo-peritoneal shunting. C.T. scan precisely displayed the pathological process and the cord compression. Surgery enabled a definite amelioration of secondary sensory deficits. It was to our knowledge the first description of such an involvement of articular processes in syringomyelia.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Arthropathie interapophysaire dorsale et compression médullaire au cours d'une syringomyélie.