Extensive Hydromyelia

Lima, Marco A.; Filho, Pericles A.M.; Campos, Joao C.S.; Nogueira, Janio

doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.03.016

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Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 211-213, September 2005

Extensive Hydromyelia

Marco A. Lima, MD
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Department of Neurology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Department of Neurology and Division of Viral Pathogenesis, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Communications should be addressed to: Dr. Lima; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; 330 Brookline Ave.; Research East, Rm. 217; Boston, MA 02215.
Pericles A.M. Filho, MD, PhD
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Department of Neurology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Joao C.S. Campos, MD
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Janio Nogueira, MD
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Received 4 October 2004; accepted 7 March 2005.

Hydromyelia is frequently associated with dissociated sensory loss, scoliosis, and upper limb weakness. This report describes the case of a 9-year old male with an extensive hydromyelia associated with a spinal cord tumor and an oligosymptomatic clinical presentation.