syringobulbia

Syringomyelia

Definition

 

Progressive and  chronic disorder associated with cord cavitation & gliosis

 

Effects

 

Muscle wasting

Dissociate anaesthesia

Scoliosis

Neuropathic arthropathy

 

Epidemiology

 

M > F

No familial tendency

 

Aetiology

 

1. Idiopathic