Syringomyelia following surgery for a spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma in a 13-year-old girl with congenital von Willebrand disease: case report and literature review

Abstract

von Willebrand disease should be included as a possible factor of spontaneous spinal subdural hemorrhage. Surgery is advised in emergency and can be associated with remarkable recovery especially in children. Delayed syringomyelia can complicate the post-operative course and can be successfully addressed by syringopleural shunting. Long-term clinical and radiological follow-up is advocated.

A case report on the successful perioperative management of hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with von Willebrand disease

“…There have been few reports of surgery in patients with VWD [ [10] , [11] , [12] ]. A MEDLINE search using the keywords “von Willebrand disease” and “hepatectomy” or “liver resection” revealed only 1 short report on hepatectomy in a patient with VWD [ 1 ].…”

CSF goes astray no matter what is in the way: occipital intradiploic pseudomeningocele and de novo syringomyelia following foramen magnum decompression for Chiari I malformation in a pediatric patient

“…3,11,23,24,28,31 Postoperative development of syringomyelia has been mainly described following spinal CSF drainage, 7,14,26,30 and anecdotally after pleural effusion aspiration 32 and after surgery for spontaneous subdural hematoma. 2 There is to our knowledge only one previous study of de novo syrinx formation, which included 7 pediatric patients presenting with de novo syrinx after decompressive surgery for Chiari I malformation. 25 We have previously reported the case of a 4-year-old girl who had developed an occipital intradiploic pseudomeningocele following decompressive surgery for Chiari I malformation without dural closure.…”