Abstract

A retrospective study of 21 patients with syrinx was carried out about the clinical symptoms, signs, sizes of syrinx and surgical results. There were 5 cases of Chiari I malformation, 5 cases of intramedullary tumor, 4 cases of adhesive arachnoiditis, 4 cases of post-traumatic and 3 cases of idiopathic pathogenesis. MRI was useful in differential diagnosis. Better results were obtained in Chiari I malformation managed by craniovertebral decompression.

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