title: Post-traumatic syringomyelia.
abstract: Post-traumatic syringomyelia is estimated to develop in more than 20% of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). The development can give rise to clinical symptoms 6 months to 26 years after the injury, and presentation 40 years post-injury has been seen by one of the authors.1234 We present an unusual case for comments and discussion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Neuroscience Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biering-Sorensen
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bötel
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shrosbree
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Melwill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000473:pathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology