What is Syringobulbia?
Syringobulbia is pathological experimental condition which is characterize by development of liquid filled cavities , also known by the name ofsyrinxin the spinal cord which may also involve the brain stem . Normally it occurs as a very small break in the humbled part of the brainstem which move one or more cranial nerves resulting in various symptom to admit facial palsies . Additionally , the sensory pathways may also get impaired due to this condition due to blockage because of the collection of the cerebrospinal fluid . Syringobulbia is almost always associated with another standardised condition calledSyringomyelia , but in this case the pandean pipe does not extend beyond the spinal electric cord .
What Causes Syringobulbia?
As of now the precise causal agency of Syringobulbia is not absolved , but when this condition develop there is accumulation of the cerebrospinal fluid around the spinal cord make these fluid make full cysts . Syringobulbia may also be cause due to aspinal cord tumor . Tethering of the spinal cordmay also cause this precondition .
What are the Symptoms of Syringobulbia?
Syringobulbia advances quite tardily and ab initio may cause the following symptoms
How is Syringobulbia Diagnosed?
To start with , the physician will take a detailed history as to the duration of the symptoms . The MD will then perform a physical interrogation bet for any classic feature of Syringobulbia . If Syringobulbia is suspected , then the Dr. will prescribe an MRI scan of the brain and spinal electric cord to look for accumulation of the CSF fluid and any unstable filled bodily cavity around the spinal electric cord . In almost all the case , the fluid filled enclosed space is diagnosed on an MRI thus confirm the diagnosing of Syringobulbia .
How is Syringobulbia Treated?
plow Syringobulbia depends on severity and progression of the disease and how severe the symptoms are . In cases where this condition does not produce any symptom then just observation is the path to go as recommended by Dr. by doing consecutive MRIs to check on the status of the syrinx but in causa if the patient is diagnostic then OR is the most pet way to treat Syringobulbia . The surgical subprogram involve :
Surgical Treatment for Syringobulbia - Draining the vesicle : for enfeeble the fluid from the cyst the surgeon inserts a shunt take a tube and a valve with one ending of the metro being attached to the vesicle and the other ending being attach to other part of the body which is commonly the abdomen and the fluid is drain from the vesicle using this bypass .
Surgical Treatment for Syringobulbia - Removing Obstruction : In guinea pig if there is a tumor or an abnormal growth restrain the menstruation of the CSF then remotion of the neoplasm is done so as to repair normal flow of the CSF and allowing the fluid from the cysts to drain .
