Spinal and peripheral nerve disease

Question 1

Syringomyelia is commonly associated with…

Answer 1

Traumatic spinal cord injury
Arnoal chiari-malfornation

Question 2

Clinical features of syringomyelia

Answer 2

Cape-like distribution of sensory loss, pain and muscular atrophy/ fasiculations/ areflexia

Lower limb spastic paraperesis

Autonomic: including Horner syndrome, anhidrosis

Respiratory insufficiencies

Brainstem (syringobulba): tongue atropy, trigeminal nerve deficiency, nystagmus, dysphagia, bublar weakness