Synonym(s)
syringomyelia
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Disease of the spinal cord with cavities in the grey marrow. The skin changes are asymmetrical anonychia, hypertrichosis, hand edema and painless finger ulcerations (status dysraphicus).
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- Kofler M et al (2003) Cutaneous silent periods in intramedullary spinal cord lesions. J Neurol Sci 216: 67-79
- Leopold A, Wassilew SW (1988) Skin lesions in syrinomyelia. Z Hautkr 63: 494-496
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