[Acute onset syringomyelia: two cases].
Two cases of acute presentation of cervical syringomyelia associated with Chiari malformation are reported. In the first case, dysphagia was the main symptom; the second patient had symptoms suggesting acute brain stem ischemia. The mechanism of this acute onset of the illness is discussed.
Delpirou
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Service de Neurologie A, CHU Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier.
Héroum
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Blard
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Pagès
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000175:diagnosis; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology