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THORACIC SYRINGOMYELIA IN A PATIENT WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

Alfonsa Claudia TaielloVincenzo La BellaDaniele Lo CocoRossella Spataro

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Community and Home Caremedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industrymedicine.diseasePhenotypic modifierSpinal cordSurgerymedicine.anatomical_structureALS syringomyelia case reportmedicineSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisbusinessSyringomyelia

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We report a patient with bulba r - onset, clinically defined, sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis bearing an isolated syringomyelia of the lower thoracic portion of the spinal cord. This is a very unusual association between two rare and progressive disorders, both affecting the spinal motoneurons. Syringomyelia might have acted as a phenotypic modifier in this ALS patient.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-01-10
10.9734/indj/2015/17176http://hdl.handle.net/10447/124339