Abstract
The use of radiation in the treatment of various neurologic conditions has proved to be a valuable therapeutic agent, but the most strikingly favorable results apparently occur in syringomyelia. Within the past decade this mode of treatment has become the choice therapeutic procedure of this distressing disease. Syringomyelia is particularly suitable for roentgen therapy because the pathologic structure of this disease is highly responsive to the action of the rays (1). Pathology The pathologic picture is essentially one of gliosis followed by the formation of a cavity or cavities in the substance of the cord. The glial tissue surrounding the cavity varies in thickness not only in different cases but also at different levels of the same case. The mode of production is not very definite, but the prevailing theory is that the pathologic process is essentially of neuroglial tissue. In short, it is a slowly growing or proliferating process of glia cells and fibers. This is followed by softening of the overgro...
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