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Revista Ecuatoriana de Neurología
On-line version ISSN 2631-2581Print version ISSN 1019-8113
Abstract
MONTALVO-HERDOIZA, Juan Paúl and MOREIRA-VERA, Diana Victoria. Natural Evolution Of Syringomyelia: Case Report. Rev Ecuat Neurol [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.1, pp.72-74. ISSN 2631-2581.
Syringomyelia is a chronic degenerative and progressive disease of the spinal cord characterized by a dissociated loss of brachial sensitivity and amyotrophy, with evidence of centromedullary cavitation.
We report the case of a 62-year-old female patient with syringomyelia associated with Arnold Chiari malformation (type 1) who spontaneously rejected any surgical intervention five years after her diagnosis, which has been followed up for 21 years. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates the natural evolution of syringomyelia from 1998 to the present.
Keywords : Syringomyelia; Arnold-Chiari malformation; syringobulbia..