title: Post-traumatic syringomyelia.
abstract: Progressive post-traumatic cystic syringomyelia is an uncommon and increasingly recognized cause of morbidity following spinal cord injury. We hereby report a 35-year-old gentleman who sustained wedge compression fracture of L-1 vertebral body 15 years back and had complete paraplegia with bowel/bladder involvement. The neurological deficit recovered with minimal residual motor deficits and erectile dysfunction. He presented now with increasing neurological deficits associated with pain and paresthesia. The MRI spine showed a syrinx extending from the site of injury up to the medulla. He underwent a syringo-peritoneal shunt and at followup his pain and motor functions had improved but erectile dysfunction was persisting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: M Shantharam
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Lekha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.forename: Lathika
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Srikrishna