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Syringomyelia following meningitis is a rare condition. This report summarizes the history of a 43 year old Indian male who developed arachnoiditis as a sequalae of tubercular meningitis. This later progressed to syringomyelia. The patient was treated with a syringo-subarachnoid shunt.
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Kakar, A., Madan, V. & Prakash, V. Syringomyelia - a complication of meningitis – case report. Spinal Cord 35, 629–631 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3100420
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3100420