Schon F, Bowler J V
Department of Neurology, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Wimbledon, London, UK.
J Neurol. 1990 Apr;237(2):122-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00314677.
Tuberculous meningitis may rarely be followed by the development of a syrinx even after apparently successful chemotherapy. There are only six previously reported cases of this unusual complication; these are reviewed. A case is described of syringomyelia which developed 1 year after TBM. One year later magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated not only the spontaneous resolution of the syringomyelia but also the appearance of a new cavity within the brain stem. This surprising sequence of events illustrates the need for extensive studies of the natural history of syrinxes of differing aetiologies.
结核性脑膜炎即使在化疗明显成功后，也可能很少继发形成空洞，即便空洞形成。此前仅有6例这种不寻常并发症的报道，现对这些病例进行回顾。本文描述了1例结核性脑膜炎后1年发生的脊髓空洞症病例。1年后，磁共振成像不仅显示脊髓空洞症自行消退，还显示脑干内出现了一个新的空洞。这一令人惊讶的事件序列表明，需要对不同病因的空洞自然史进行广泛研究。
