R.I. DAVLETSHINA¹, E.G. MENDELEVICH²

¹Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, 138 Orenburgskiy Trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420064

²Kazan State Medical University, 49 Butlerov St., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012 

Davletshina R.I. — PhD (Medicine), neurologist of Neurology Department #1, tel. +7-987-264-46-68, e-mail: rez-davletshina@yandex.ru¹

Mendelevich E.G. — D. Med. Sc., Professor of the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, tel. (843)-237-34-66, e-mail: emendel@mail.ru²

The article presents the results of the survey carried out in 105 patients with syringomyelia starting at different ages, in children, in adolescence and adulthood. Comparative analysis of clinical parameters (sensory, motor, symptoms of the foramen magnum level), as well as MRI characteristics (diameter and length of the cavity, cyst index and the degree of ectopia of cerebella tonsils) in patients with syringomyelia, has revealed a number of features at different age and in different stages of the disease.

Key words: syringomyelia, ectopia of the cerebella tonsils, magnetic resonance imaging, spinal cord, cavity.

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