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[Diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging for syringomyelia]. 1990

Z X Zhao, and F Y Hao, and C H Zai

Department of Neurology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai.

Ten cases of syringomyelia confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were presented. The cavities in the spinal cord were of low signal on T1 weighted image (T1WI) and high signal on T2 weighted image (T2WI). The segments of the spinal cord with involved lesion resembled "bamboo joints" or were of "beaded" shape on sagittal section image and of "necklace" shape on cross section image. Size of the lesions in the spinal cord shown by MRI was larger than that judged by clinical symptoms. MRI can clearly show the position, size and shape of the cavities and other abnormal conditions. Results of this study show that MRI is the most useful diagnostic tool for syringomyelia. It should be emphasized that there was no dissociated impairment of pain and temperature and touch sensation in 40% of the patients and chronic spontaneous segmental pain was one of the important clinical characteristics of syringomyelia.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008279	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques.	Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013595	Syringomyelia	Longitudinal cavities in the spinal cord, most often in the cervical region, which may extend for multiple spinal levels. The cavities are lined by dense, gliogenous tissue and may be associated with SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; spinal cord traumatic injuries; and vascular malformations. Syringomyelia is marked clinically by pain and PARESTHESIA, muscular atrophy of the hands, and analgesia with thermoanesthesia of the hands and arms, but with the tactile sense preserved (sensory dissociation). Lower extremity spasticity and incontinence may also develop. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1269)	Hydrosyringomyelia,Morvan Disease,Morvan's Disease,Myelosyringosis,Syringomyelus,Hydrosyringomyelias,Morvan Diseases,Morvan's Diseases,Morvans Disease,Myelosyringoses,Syringomyelias