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Syringomyelia

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Surgery of the Spinal Cord

Part of the book series: Contemporary Perspectives in Neurosurgery ((COPENEU))

Abstract

The choice of syringomyelia as one of the topics in a seminar dedicated to spinal cord pathology is, in my view, quite fitting. This is not a new disorder. In fact, cavitation of the spinal cord was already recognized by Estienne in 1546,1 and the term “syringomyelia,” meaning literally “cavity within the spinal cord” was coined by Olivier d’Angers in 1827.2 One other important landmark in the history of this condition is the distinction between hydromyelia, in which the cavity results from the dilatation of the central canal, and syringomyelia, in which the two are independent, made by Simon.3

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  1. J. Lobo Antunes
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  1. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Robert N. N. Holtzman MD (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon) (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon)

  2. Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Robert N. N. Holtzman MD (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon) (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon)

  3. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Bennett M. Stein MD (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery) (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery)

  4. The New York Neurological Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Bennett M. Stein MD (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery) (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery)

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Antunes, J.L. (1992). Syringomyelia. In: Holtzman, R.N.N., Stein, B.M. (eds) Surgery of the Spinal Cord. Contemporary Perspectives in Neurosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2798-4_16

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