Abstract
Two children with achondroplasia and neurologic sequelae secondary to foramen magnum compression were found to have syringomyelia. In one patient, the cyst was associated with a subependymal glioma. These findings suggest that foramen magnum stenosis may lead to irreversible spinal cord damage.
MeSH terms
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Achondroplasia / complications*
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Adolescent
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Cysts / etiology
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Female
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Foramen Magnum / diagnostic imaging
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Glioma / etiology
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Humans
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Male
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Spinal Cord Compression / diagnostic imaging
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Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*
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Spinal Cord Neoplasms / etiology
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Syringomyelia / diagnostic imaging
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Syringomyelia / etiology
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed