A Case of Syringomyelia Following Cured Tuberculous Meningitis

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 9(1); 1991 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1991;9(1): 120-126.

결핵성 뇌막염의 치유후에 생긴 척수공동증 1례

황연미, 서대철,임승철

울산대학교 신경과, 진단방사선과, 신경외과. 서울중앙병원 신경과, ?진단방사선과, 신경외과

A Case of Syringomyelia Following Cured Tuberculous Meningitis

Youn Mee Hwang, M.D., Chul Dae Shu, M.D.*, Seung Chul Rhim, M.D.**

Dep. Of Neurology & Radiology* & Neurosurgery Ulsan University, Asan Medical Center

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