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Syringomyelia as a complication of tuberculous meningitis.
Can J Neurol Sci. 1992 Feb; 19(1):84-7.CJ

Abstract

Tuberculous meningitis may rarely be followed by the development of syringomyelia despite appropriate chemotherapy. In the present paper, we report a case of tuberculous meningitis in a 23-year-old Vietnamese male complicated by a rapidly progressive myelopathy due to granulomatous arachnoiditis which culminated in the development of a syrinx. The relevant literature is reviewed. The present case supports the hypothesis that vasculitic thrombosis of spinal cord vessels leading to ischemic myelomalacia is the mechanism causing postinflammatory syringomyelia.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Fehlings MG
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Bernstein M
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultArachnoiditisHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePostoperative PeriodSyringomyeliaTuberculosis, Meningeal

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

1562914

Citation

Fehlings, M G., and M Bernstein. "Syringomyelia as a Complication of Tuberculous Meningitis." The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. Le Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques, vol. 19, no. 1, 1992, pp. 84-7.
Fehlings MG, Bernstein M. Syringomyelia as a complication of tuberculous meningitis. Can J Neurol Sci. 1992;19(1):84-7.
Fehlings, M. G., & Bernstein, M. (1992). Syringomyelia as a complication of tuberculous meningitis. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. Le Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques, 19(1), 84-7.
Fehlings MG, Bernstein M. Syringomyelia as a Complication of Tuberculous Meningitis. Can J Neurol Sci. 1992;19(1):84-7. PubMed PMID: 1562914.
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