Spontaneous resolution of a cervicothoracic syrinx in a child. Case report and review of the literature.
A child with near complete spontaneous resolution of a cervicothoracic syrinx and improvement in a Chiari type I malformation without surgical intervention is presented. The child was followed clinically with serial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and has remained neurologically stable over an 11-year period. To our knowledge, only 3 pediatric cases of spontaneous resolution of a spinal cord syrinx as documented by MR imaging without surgical intervention have been reported. This case contributes to the literature on the natural history of syringes.
Avellino
A M
AM
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine and Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Wash. 98105, USA.
Britz
G W
GW
McDowell
J R
JR
Shaw
D W
DW
Ellenbogen
R G
RG
Roberts
T S
TS
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*