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Table 8 Relationship between syrinx type and neurological abnormality

From: The utility of superficial abdominal reflex in the initial diagnosis of scoliosis: a retrospective review of clinical characteristics of scoliosis with syringomyelia

Case

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Syrinx type

Slit

Swelling

Slit

Swelling

Swelling

Swelling

Swelling

Swelling

Spindle

Syrinx level

C3-7

Th6-9

C5-7

C5-8

C5-9

C2-7

C1-L1

C2-Th11

C5-8

Syrinx length

(vertebra)

5

4

3

4

5

6

20

17

4

SAR

Bil hypo

R abs

L abs

Bil hypo

L abs

L hypo

L abs

L hypo

Normal

Other neurological findings

Bil Babinski reflex

Hyper of L/E

None

Hyper of L/E

Hypo of L/E

Hyper of ATR

Hypo of L/E

Headache

SD of left L/E

None

  1. abs, absence; ATR, Achilles tendon reflex; Bil, bilateral; hyper, hyperreflexia; hypo, hyporeflexia; L, left; L/E, lower extremities; R, right; SAR, superficial abdominal reflex; SD, sensory disturbance