title: Syringomyelia--a complication of meningitis--case report.
abstract: Syringomyelia following meningitis is a rare condition. This report summarizes the history of a 43 year old Indian male who developed arachnoiditis as a sequalae of tubercular meningitis. This later progressed to syringomyelia. The patient was treated with a syringo-subarachnoid shunt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Neurosurgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kakar
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Madan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prakash
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery