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A fluid-filled lesion forms, known as a syrinx. [1] This can vary in size significantly between patients. [1] Nerve fibres may be compressed where they cross the midline, or in other parts of the spinal cord. [1] Cranial nerves may be affected. [3] Syringobulbia may be associated with syringomyelia, a syrinx limited to the spinal cord. [4]
Syringomyelia is a generic term referring to a disorder in which a cyst or cavity forms within the spinal cord. Often, syringomyelia is used as a generic term before an etiology is determined. [3] This cyst, called a syrinx, can expand and elongate over time, destroying the spinal cord.
Ronald J. Ross. Ronald J. Ross is a Cleveland, Ohio radiologist known for research on brain injury in professional and amateur boxers [1] and for the first clinical use of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR later known as MRI) on human patients. [2]
A syrinx is suggested by an unexplained central cord syndrome or other characteristic neurologic deficits, particularly pain and temperature sensory deficits in a capelike distribution. MRI of the entire spinal cord and brain is done. Administration of intravenous Gadolinium during the MRI examination is useful for detecting any associated tumor.
Magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) is methodology in quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characterized by a pseudo-randomized acquisition strategy. It involves creating unique signal patterns or 'fingerprints' for different materials or tissues after which a pattern recognition algorithm matches these fingerprints with a predefined dictionary of expected signal patterns.
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (UH Ahuja) is a community Hospital in Beachwood, Ohio and opened in 2011. It services more than 540,000 residents in the Cleveland area. [ 1 ] It is named in honor of University Hospitals Board Chairman Monte Ahuja, his wife Usha, and their family who donated $30 million towards Vision 2010: The UH ...
OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital is the largest member hospital of OhioHealth, a not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system located in Columbus, Ohio.. As a regional tertiary care hospital, Riverside Methodist is host to a number of specialty centers and services, including Neuroscience and Stroke, Heart and Vascular, Maternity and Women's Health, Cancer Care, Trauma Center II, Hand ...
Ashtabula County Medical Center (ACMC) [3] is an affiliate of Cleveland Clinic [4] [5] and is a not for-profit, [6] community-oriented multi-specialty hospital, located in Ashtabula County, Ohio. [7] It serves the people of Ashtabula County and the surrounding areas in Northeastern Ohio and Northwestern Pennsylvania .