title: Syringomyelia secondary to cervical spondylosis: Case report and review of literature.
abstract: Syringomyelia secondary to cervical spondylosis is a rare entity to encounter in clinical practice. We discuss the case of a 53-year-old lady who presented with a syringomyelic syndrome and was found to have cervical spondylosis on imaging. Cine-MRI revealed an obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in the cervical spinal subarachnoid space. Decompression of the same led to clinical and radiological improvement. There is a potential causal association between cervical spondylosis and syringomyelia. MRI CSF flow studies may help in deciding the course of treatment in such cases. A subset of patients with cervical spondylosis and concurrent spinal cord signal intensity changes may show reversal of the same following intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Savitr Sastri
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bhagavathula Venkata
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Arivazhagan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arimappamagan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, General Military Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Spiros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lafazanos
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nupur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pruthi
keywords: Cervical spondylosis; cine-magnetic resonance imaging; laminectomy; syringomyelia