Common Causes Of Syringomyelia

Trauma

Trauma to the spinal cord can cause delayed syringomyelia. The inducing injury could be a complete spinal cord injury, or it could be an incomplete spinal cord injury, which is uncommon. Syringomyelia can also occur after paraplegic or tetraplegic injuries. The super arachnoid scarring from the injury to the spinal cord obstructs the proper flow of cerebrospinal fluid, causing the syrinx to develop inside the spinal cord. Most of the time the syrinx develops in areas extending upwards from where the spinal cord injury occurred. However, in less common cases, it can develop and extend downward from the location of the spinal cord injury. Usually, the onset of syringomyelia occurs within a time frame ranging from five years to as long thirty-four years following the spinal cord injury. However, the onset of symptoms can happen as soon as just three months following the severe spinal cord injury. The mean amount of time that passes between the occurrence of the injury to the syringomyelia diagnosis is 2.8 years.

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