Child's Nervous System

, Volume 27, Issue 12, pp 2155–2158 | Cite as

Charles Prosper Ollivier d’Angers (1796–1845) and his contributions to defining syringomyelia

  • Martin M. Mortazavi
  • Olivia J. Rompala
  • Ketan Verma
  • Isaiah Tubbs
  • R. Shane Tubbs
  • Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol
Classics in Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Abstract

Introduction

Distinguished as an anatomist, pathologist, and clinician, the Frenchman Charles Prosper Ollivier d’Angers dedicated his life to accelerating the forefront of neuroscience. At a young age, he explored the diseases and disorders of the spinal cord during a time when clinical neurological investigation scarcely existed. Ollivier d’Angers coined the term “syringomyelia.”

Conclusion

The coinage of the term syringomyelia by d’Angers shed light on the disorder causing more practitioners to investigate the spinal cord and its defects.

Keywords

History France Spinal cord Anatomy Pathology Syrinx Neurosurgery 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Martin M. Mortazavi
    • 1
  • Olivia J. Rompala
    • 1
  • Ketan Verma
    • 1
  • Isaiah Tubbs
    • 1
  • R. Shane Tubbs
    • 1
  • Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Pediatric NeurosurgeryChildren’s HospitalBirminghamUSA
  2. 2.Department of Neurological SurgeryGoodman-Campbell Brain and Spine, Indiana UniversityIndianapolisUSA

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