title: Paroxysmal neuropathic pain in an adolescent female with syringomyelia: a review of literature.
abstract: Paroxysmal neuropathic pain is an uncommon complaint among pediatric patients visiting the emergency department. It is a rare presentation in children with syringomyelia. Patients with syringomyelia may present with a variety of pain symptoms. It is the site and extension of the syrinx, which determines the character of pain. We report an adolescent with Chiari malformation type 1 with syringomyelia who presented with neuropathic pain, dysesthesia, and absent triceps (C7) reflex. The pertinent literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY 10451, USA. waseemm2001@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waseem
authors.forename: Andaleeb
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raja
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jeun
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prokhorov
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dobrenkov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis