Syringomyelia--a complication of meningitis--case report.
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.
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Department of Internal Medicine and Neurosurgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India.
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Prakash
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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