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How do you test for syringomyelia?
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Neuro exam!! : Syringomyelia usually affecting the cervical cord area causes distinctive signs such as atrophy of the small muscles of the hands , weakness of the extremities and dissociated sensory loss, meaning loss of sensation to pain and temperature over specific areas of the upper extremities and the trunk with preservation of sensations of touch and proprioception.
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