title: Spontaneous resolution of a cervicothoracic syrinx in a child. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine and Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Wash. 98105, USA.
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Avellino
authors: G W
authors: GW
authors: Britz
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: McDowell
authors: D W
authors: DW
authors: Shaw
authors: R G
authors: RG
authors: Ellenbogen
authors: T S
authors: TS
authors: Roberts
mesh_terms: 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*