Treatment of Symptomatic Syringomyelia with a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report with Magnetic Resonance Scan Correlation

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Abstract
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.