PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A Bleasel
AU  - P Clouston
AU  - N Dorsch
TI  - Post-traumatic syringomyelia following uncomplicated spinal fracture.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.54.6.551
DP  - 1991 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 551--553
VI  - 54
IP  - 6
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/54/6/551.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/54/6/551.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1991 Jun 01; 54
AB  - Two cases of post-traumatic syringomyelia presenting 10 and 41 years after spinal injuries that had caused lumbar vertebral fractures but no lasting neurological deficits are reported. In both patients the caudal end of the syrinx cavities, as shown by MRI, corresponded to the level of the previous vertebral fractures. Patients presenting with post-traumatic syringomyelia after uncomplicated spinal fracture are very rare, and the significance of the past history of spinal trauma may be overlooked.