Endoscopic Observation of the Syrinx in Chiari Malformation —Case Report

The cervical syrinx cavity in a 27-year-old male with Chiari 1 malformation was inspected with a flexible small-caliber endoscope during syringosubarachnoid shunting. A cleft was observed in the midline on the ventral wall of the cavity, from which blood vessels emerged and ran along the wall. Sever...

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Published inNeurologia medico-chirurgica Vol. 33; no. 8; pp. 572 - 574
Main Authors NAGASAWA, Shiro, OHTA, Tomio, ONOMURA, Toshinobu, MIYAJI, Yoshiki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan The Japan Neurosurgical Society 1993
Subjects
Adult
Arnold-Chiari Malformation - diagnosis
Arnold-Chiari Malformation - surgery
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
Chiari malformation
Endoscopes
endoscopy
Humans
Male
Monitoring, Intraoperative - instrumentation
syringomyelia
Syringomyelia - diagnosis
Syringomyelia - surgery
syringosubarachnoid shunt
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Summary:The cervical syrinx cavity in a 27-year-old male with Chiari 1 malformation was inspected with a flexible small-caliber endoscope during syringosubarachnoid shunting. A cleft was observed in the midline on the ventral wall of the cavity, from which blood vessels emerged and ran along the wall. Several strands accompanying the blood vessels passed from one wall to another. The endoscope was also used to evaluate whether any obstacles to the passage of a shunt tube were present in the subarachnoid space. Endoscopic observation of the syrinx cavity is helpful in performing the shunt operation.
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ISSN:0470-8105
1349-8029
DOI:10.2176/nmc.33.572