clinical features
Last reviewed 01/2018
The clinical features of syringomyelia may be grouped according to which pathways are damaged:
- spinothalamic damage:
- this produces the classical dissociated sensory loss which is characteristic of syringomyelia
- anterior horn cell damage:
- the syrinx tracks antero-laterally
- causes wasting, weakness and loss of tendon reflexes
spinothalamic damage in syringomyelia