Isolated Post-Traumatic Syringobulbia; Case Report and Review of the Literature
Syringobulbiais very rare condition defined as slit-like fluid cavity in the brain stem. Several conditions have been reported to be associated with syringobulbia including neoplasms, spinal cord traumas or lesions such as tethered cord, hind-brain herniation, infections such as meningitis and in is...
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| author | Mousa Taghipour Nima Derakhshan Fariborz Ghaffarpasand |
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| description | Syringobulbiais very rare condition defined as slit-like fluid cavity in the brain stem. Several conditions have been reported to be associated with syringobulbia including neoplasms, spinal cord traumas or lesions such as tethered cord, hind-brain herniation, infections such as meningitis and in isolation. Although post-traumatic syringomyelia has been wieldy described previously, traumatic brain injury has not been reported as the mechanism and etiology of isolated syringobulbia. We herein report a 24-year old man with previous history of severe traumatic brain injury who presented with recent onset inability to walk or coordinate movements, ataxia, dysphonia, dysarthria, bilateral third nerve palsy with fixed dilated pupils and eyes deviated outward and downward. He was further diagnosed to have isolated syringobulbia extending to upper pons and lower midbrain. Isolated post-traumatic syringobulbia is extremely rare condition presenting insidiously with cranial nerve palsies, ataxia and dysarthria. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-670b476066ae4d85af256a280ef39e252022-12-21T18:20:58ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesBulletin of Emergency and Trauma2322-25222322-39602014-10-0124166169Isolated Post-Traumatic Syringobulbia; Case Report and Review of the LiteratureMousa Taghipour0Nima Derakhshan1Fariborz Ghaffarpasand2Department of Neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Neuroscience Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranNeuroscience Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranSyringobulbiais very rare condition defined as slit-like fluid cavity in the brain stem. Several conditions have been reported to be associated with syringobulbia including neoplasms, spinal cord traumas or lesions such as tethered cord, hind-brain herniation, infections such as meningitis and in isolation. Although post-traumatic syringomyelia has been wieldy described previously, traumatic brain injury has not been reported as the mechanism and etiology of isolated syringobulbia. We herein report a 24-year old man with previous history of severe traumatic brain injury who presented with recent onset inability to walk or coordinate movements, ataxia, dysphonia, dysarthria, bilateral third nerve palsy with fixed dilated pupils and eyes deviated outward and downward. He was further diagnosed to have isolated syringobulbia extending to upper pons and lower midbrain. Isolated post-traumatic syringobulbia is extremely rare condition presenting insidiously with cranial nerve palsies, ataxia and dysarthria.http://www.beat-journal.com/BEATJournal/index.php/BEAT/article/view/146/297SyringobulbiaTraumatic brain injurySyringomyeliaPost-traumaticSyrinxCranial nerve palsy |
| spellingShingle | Mousa Taghipour Nima Derakhshan Fariborz Ghaffarpasand Isolated Post-Traumatic Syringobulbia; Case Report and Review of the Literature Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma Syringobulbia Traumatic brain injury Syringomyelia Post-traumatic Syrinx Cranial nerve palsy |
| title | Isolated Post-Traumatic Syringobulbia; Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Isolated Post-Traumatic Syringobulbia; Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Isolated Post-Traumatic Syringobulbia; Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Isolated Post-Traumatic Syringobulbia; Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Isolated Post-Traumatic Syringobulbia; Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | isolated post traumatic syringobulbia case report and review of the literature |
| topic | Syringobulbia Traumatic brain injury Syringomyelia Post-traumatic Syrinx Cranial nerve palsy |
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