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Syringomyelia: Electrophysiologic aspects
Authors:Martin Veilleux  J. Clarke Stevens
Abstract:
The clinical and EMG findings in 44 patients with syringomyelia who were seen at the Mayo Clinic between 1976 and 1985 are presented. In 10 of the patients, somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) of the upper and lower extremities were obtained. All 44 patients had radiographic or surgical evidence of a cervical syrinx. The most common abnormality on nerve conduction studies was a reduced hypothenar compound muscle action potential amplitude (23 patients). Abnormal findings on needle electromyography were present in 33 patients and included sparse fibrillation potentials, reduced motor unit potential (MUP) recruitment, and chronic neurogenic MUP changes in muscles innervated by the C-5, T-1 roots, with the most pronounced changes in small hand muscles. Ulnar and median nerve SEPs were usually normal in the presence of a dissociated sensory loss and were usually abnormal when all sensory modalities were impaired. Abnormalities of tibial nerve SEPs were frequent and were related to impaired proprioceptive sensation in the lower extremities.
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