Syringomyelia and syringobulbia following tuberculous meningitis

✍ Scribed by F. Schon; J. V. Bowler

• Book ID: 104718640
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 547 KB
• Volume: 237
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-5354
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00314677

✦ Synopsis

Tuberculous meningitis may rarely be followed by the development of a syrinx even after apparently successful chemotherapy. There are only six previously reported cases of this unusual complication; these are reviewed. A case is described of syringomyelia which developed 1 year after TBM. One year later magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated not only the spontaneous resolution of the syringomyelia but also the appearance of a new cavity within the brain stem. This surprising sequence of events illustrates the need for extensive studies of the natural history of syrinxes of differing aetiologies.