DELAYED POSTTRAUMATIC SYRINGOHYDROMYELIA AFTER AN UNCOMPLICATED FRACTURE OF THE SPINE - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW

Authors
GULERUYSAL F ORKUN S CILA A OZGIRGIN N
Citation
F. Guleruysal et al., DELAYED POSTTRAUMATIC SYRINGOHYDROMYELIA AFTER AN UNCOMPLICATED FRACTURE OF THE SPINE - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW, Spinal cord, 34(5), 1996, pp. 301-304
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Orthopedics
Journal title
Spinal cord → ACNP
ISSN journal
13624393
Volume
34
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
301 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
1362-4393(1996)34:5<301:DPSAAU>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A patient who had had a traffic accident resulting with a compression fracture of the L1 vertebra but with no neurological deficits, develop ed urinary incontinence and weakness in his lower extremities 25 years after the spinal injury. An MRI scan of the spine revealed gliosis of the conus medullaris at the level of the compression fracture, with s yringohydromyelia extending from T6 to conus medullaris. The patient u nderwent a rehabilitation program at the end of which he was able to a mbulate independently.