Spontaneously resorbed idiopathic syringomyelia: a case report

A 28-year-old female patient presented with severe neck and back pain in 2003. No abnormality was observed at neurological examination. Syringomyelia in the cervical region was determined at MRI. MRI examination of the cranial, thoracal and lumbosacral regions was normal. The patient refused surgery and was followed up. A control cervical MRI 17 months later showed that the syringomyelia had disappeared. This spontaneously resorbed case of idiopathic syringomyelia, presenting solely due to neck and back pain and with a normal neurological examination, was evaluated in the light of syringomyelia pathogenesis as only three similar cases have been identified in the literature.