Post-traumatic syringomyelia (cystic myelopathy).
With careful long-term follow up of patients presenting with paraplegia at the thoraco-lumbar level it will be noted that a small group of patients emerge, constituting between one and two per cent, who will subsequently develop neurological defects at a higher level in the spinal cord. The development of cystic cavitation within the spinal cord above the level of the injury, i.e. post-traumatic syringomyelia is noted. Careful examination of the upper limbs in follow up management and investigation by metrizamide myelography is described.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*