syrinx

Definition

Progressive and  chronic disorder associated with cord cavitation & gliosis

Effects

Muscle wasting

Dissociate anaesthesia

Scoliosis

Neuropathic arthropathy

Epidemiology

M > F

No familial tendency

Aetiology

1. Idiopathic

Definition

Lateral curvature of the spine with vertebral rotation

- defined as > 10^o coronal plane deformity

- occurs at or near the onset of puberty 

- no cause is established

Planes of Deformity

Triplanar

- coronal / scoliosis