title: Extensive spinal cord oedema and early syrinx formation due to tension pseudomeningocele after foramen magnum decompression.
abstract: Pseudomeningoceles can cause syringomyelia. However, this is the first case report to show an unusually acute complication of a post-operative pseudomeningocele: spinal cord oedema and early syrinx, treated favourably with an early surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nurboja
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004322:Drainage; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005539:Foramen Magnum; D006801:Humans; D007714:Klippel-Feil Syndrome; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000209:etiology*