title: History of post-traumatic syringomyelia: post traumatic syringomyelia prior to 1920.
abstract: METHODS
  Review of five cases of post-traumatic syringomyelia originally described between 1898-1920.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the earliest presentation of post-traumatic syringomyelia and to compare to modern day views of this condition.
  
  
  METHODS
  Historical review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pathogenesis and interpretation of the findings are discussed in the light of current knowledge.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Credit for the first description of post-traumatic syringomyelia (in 1898) should go to W Wagner and P Stolper.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Silver
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology