syringobulbia

Etiology

• congenital anomaly
• neoplasm
• trauma

Pathology

• syrinx genereally in the medulla oblongata
• may affect one of more sensory &/or motor cranial nerves
• interruption &/or compression of cranial nerves
• associated with syringomyelia & the Chiari malformation

More general terms

• brainstem disease