Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 144.—Sections of a syringomyelic cord. 1, Lovrer lumbar region ; 2, upper lumbar region3, midcervical region (Bruhl).. Figs. 145 and 146.—Sections of two syringomyelic cords showing common locations and extent of cavities (Brissaud). tic«i. It is soft, flattened, and sometimes fluctuating. The collapse ofthe canal may produce a furrow, so that the cord seems double. Thecondition finds its favorite locality in the cervical region, but may extendthroughout the entire length of the cord or be confined to any portion of upward extension carries it into the
Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 144.—Sections of a syringomyelic cord. 1, Lovrer lumbar region ; 2, upper lumbar region3, midcervical region (Bruhl).. Figs. 145 and 146.—Sections of two syringomyelic cords showing common locations and extent of cavities (Brissaud). tic«i. It is soft, flattened, and sometimes fluctuating. The collapse ofthe canal may produce a furrow, so that the cord seems double. Thecondition finds its favorite locality in the cervical region, but may extendthroughout the entire length of the cord or be confined to any portion of upward extension carries it into the fourth ventricle. According toHaenel,^ medullary participation is found in about one-third of all cross-section usually reveals a single oval cavity, or there maybe several in communication or independent. The customary situation 1 Am. Jour. Med. Sci., March, 1899. 2 JS-gbelthau, Zeit. f. Nervenh., Feb., Lewendowsky, Handbuch der Neurologie, Band II, S. 584^ 1911. LESIONS AND DISEASES OF SPINAL GRAY. 401 is in the immediate neighborhood of the central canal and behind it,but it may extend laterally into the anterior or more co
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