Syringomyelia-Associated Dystonia: Case Series, Literature Review, and Novel Insights.
Eoin MulroyBettina BalintAnna LatorreSebastian SchreglmannElisa MenozziKailash P BhatiaPublished in: Movement disorders clinical practice (2019)
Further work is needed to clearly establish the correlation between syringomyelia and dystonia. However, plausibly, syrinx-related disruption of the dystonia network (through alterations in sensory inputs, loss of inhibition and cerebellar abnormalities) could explain the association.