Ogilvy C S, Borges L F
Neurosurgical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Neurosurgery. 1988 Apr;22(4):748-50. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198804000-00023.
This report describes a patient with communicating syringomyelia associated with enlarged cerebral ventricles who was managed by placing a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. His clinical improvement was rapid and dramatic. A comparison of preoperative and postoperative magnetic resonance scans documents shrinkage of the cervical syrinx.
