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Morvan's disease --> syringomyelia

(Science: radiology) syrinx, congenital: 90% associated with Arnold-Chiari, acquired: trauma, tumour, infection, haemorrhage, syringomyelia dissection of cerebrospinal fluid within cord no ependymal lining, hydromyelia dilatation of central canal lined by ependyma associated with, myelomeningocele, arnold-Chiari malformation, dandy-walker cyst, klippel-Feil syndrome, neuropathic joint (most common cause in upper extremity)