A Case of Syringomyelia Following Cured Tuberculous Meningitis.
- Author:
Youn Mee HWANG
1
;
Chul Dae SHU
;
Seung Chul RHIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Ulsan University, Asan Medical Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Arachnoid;
Arachnoiditis;
Humans;
Korea;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Spinal Cord;
Syringomyelia*;
Tuberculosis, Meningeal*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1991;9(1):120-126
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Syringomyelia is caused by heterogeneous etiologies. Syringomyelia secondary to arachnoiditis complicated by tuberculous meningitis is rarely reported entity, which has not been reported in Korea. We present a patient who had recovered from tuberculous meningitis and developed some years later a progessive disorder of the spinal cord clinically resembling syringomyelia, which was subsequently confirmed by MRI. The patient was treated with syringo-subarachnoid shunt.
