title: Syringomyelia: a complication of an underlying pathology.
abstract: Patients with syringomyelia may have diverse etiology and experience a variety of symptoms. This report describes two cases of syringomyelia in patients with different profiles, presentations and pathomechanisms.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Syrigomyelia; Syrinx; Arachnoid cyst; Arnold-Chiari.
authors.affiliation: Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Mohammad Sami
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Walid
authors.forename: Mazen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanoufa
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salvatierra