TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1981//
TI  - Posttraumatic syringomyelia. Case report
JO  - Journal of neurosurgery
A1  - Oakley, J. C.
A1  - Ojemann, G. A.
A1  - Alvord, E. C.
SP  - 276
EP  - 281
VL  - 55
IS  - 2
N2  - The ninth case of posttraumatic syringomyelia with postmortem confirmation is presented. Onset of symptoms occurred 19 years after the original trauma. The review of the literature with a discussion of postulated mechanisms of syrinx distention follows. The present case differs from previously reported postmortem cases in that there was communication through the medullary parenchyma with the fourth ventricle.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3085
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/jns.1981.55.2.0276
ID  - ref1
ER  -