Syringomyelia.

  • Hinsdale, Guy, 1850-
Date:
1897
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Credit: Syringomyelia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The most frequent form of atrophy is of the type Aran-Duchenne. The small muscles of the hand, the interossei, the thenar and hypothenar emi- nences, appear to be the regions most frequently involved. The atrophy invades the forearm and the arm, the muscles of the shoulder-girdle and trunk, occasionally involving a portion of the tongue, almost always sparing the face. Fig. 13. A case of syringomyelia, showing atrophy. (From the Philadelphia Hospital.) Whether general or unilateral, the atrophy in these cases is always of spinal origin, and by a knowledge of spinal localization we are enabled by the initial motor symptoms and by their progress to determine very closely the seat of lesion. Valuable charts have been prepared and published by Dr. M. Allen Starr and Dr. C. K. Mills as guides in spinal localization.