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A 52-year-old male patient who, at the age of 19 (1965), suffered a spinal cord injury. He presented with a fracture of the sixth and seventh cervical neurological segment at the time of the lesion, evolving to ASIA E. Nine yars after the traumatism, he began to feel pain accompanied by a sensory and motor deficit.With the aid of myelography and MRI, the existence of a syringomyelic cavity was detected, which extended from the fourth to the seventh cervical segments. The patient was operated o,, on various occasions, placing a syringo-sugarachnoid shunt. The neurological status of the patient continued to deteriorate and, at present, he has a complete lesion below the fourth neurological cervical segment with a partially preserved sensitive area uo to T1.

Langue : ANGLAIS

Tiré à part : OUI

Identifiant basis : 2000213547