Spontaneous resolution of syringomyelia: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 762-769

  Kyoshima, Kazuhiko ^a   Bogdanov, Enver I ^a,b   Milhorat, Thomas H ^c   Benzel, Edward C ^c   Papadopoulos, Stephen ^c   Batzdorf, Ulrich ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAZAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chiari I malformation; Multiple sclerosis; Spontaneous resolution; Syringomyelia; Tight cisterna magna

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR IMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CISTERNA MAGNA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYMPTOM; SYRINGOMYELIA; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0042355526     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000079629.05048.A2     Document Type: Article

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