Syringomesencephalia. Report of a case.
A woman had progressive neurologic deterioration attributed to multiple sclerosis. Ophthalmologic findings were consistent with a unilateral lesion of the medial longitudinal fasciculus. Autopsy disclosed a mesencephalic syrinx and cerebellar atrophy secondary to alcoholism. Syringomesencephalia is distinctly uncommon; this is the third known case to our knowledge.
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000473:pathology*