A patient with idiopathic adolescent scoliosis and an atypical left thoracic curve and abnormal abdominal reflexes presents to your office. You decide to obtain MRI imaging. What findings can you expect?

Author: Dimitar Popov
Medicine, Orthopedics and Trauma
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A patient with idiopathic adolescent scoliosis and an atypical left thoracic curve and abnormal abdominal reflexes presents to your office. You decide to obtain MRI imaging. What findings can you expect?

A: Chiari malformation

B: Syringomyelia

C: Both

The correct answer is C. The atypical left thoracic curve could be associated with abnormalities such as Chiari malformations and syringomyelia and an MRI should be performed. Chiari malformation sometimes leads to syringomyelia where a fluid-filled cavity called a syrinx develops in the spinal cord and can damage the spinal cord if not treated.

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A patient with idiopathic adolescent scoliosis and an atypical left thoracic curve and abnormal abdominal reflexes presents to your office. You decide to obtain MRI imaging. What findings can you expect?

A patient with idiopathic adolescent scoliosis and an atypical left thoracic curve and abnormal abdominal reflexes presents to your office. You decide to obtain MRI imaging. What findings can you expect?

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