[The many faces of syringomyelia].
During July-August 1998, we encountered 4 patients who suffered from syringomyelia. The diagnosis in each case could not be reached on clinical grounds only, since the characteristic thermoanalgesia dissociation was absent in all patients. In each case the spinal MRI showed the typical intraspinal cystic lesion, which finally established the diagnosis and led to appropriate treatment.
Vainstein
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Department of Neurology, Sapir Medical Center, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
Yafe
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Gadoth
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D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology