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From: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Alan Hess)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Looking for medical research on spinal cord cysts
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Date: 15 Apr 91 15:37:16 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

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 GE> In order to help you with your question, I would have to know
 GE> the exact medical diagnosis.  Cyst just refers to a fluid-filled
 GE> cavity.  Are we talking about syringomyelia, cystic astrocytoma,
 GE> or what?  Without knowing this, no one can tell you anything of
 GE> value.
How does a doctor determine which type of spinal cord cyst is which?  I have a
hole in my cord at C-5, the level of my injury, which is suspected of being a
syrinx, but nobody knows for sure.  They also suspect it of being a, if not
the, cause of my severe post-SCI pain.  Is there any way to determine if
draining it will ease or eliminate the pain, before actually doing surgery?
*adh*

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