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- Title
Scoliosis associated with syringomyelia presenting in children.
- Authors
Isu, T; Chono, Y; Iwasaki, Y; Koyanagi, I; Akino, M; Abe, H; Abumi, K; Kaneda, K
- Abstract
The clinical presentations and radiological features of scoliosis accompanying syringomyelia were analyzed in 14 cases of syringomyelia associated with a in 14 cases of syringomyelia associated with a Chiari malformation in children. Scoliosis was the initial symptom in 11 out of 16 patients (64%) with syringomyelia and present in 14 (88%) at the initial examination. The scoliosis associated with syringomyelia was characterized by a higher incidence of a single curve (6 cases, 43%) and convexity to the left (7 cases, 50%) than seen in idiopathic scoliosis. The syrinx was shifted to the convex side of scoliosis on the axial section at the middle or lower thoracic level in patients with a single curve, and at the cervical or upper thoracic level in patients with a double curve. The authors think that the scoliosis develops in children as a result of damage done to the anterior horn, which innervates the muscles of the trunk, by an asymmetrically expanded syrinx.
- Publication
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 1992, Vol 8, Issue 2, p97
- ISSN
0256-7040
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00298449