Guest guest Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 Hi All........ Well I saw Dr. Gains at Vanderbuilt today........He read my 2nd set of MRI's. He says he saw NO syrinx. Walter 's radiologist said I do have a syrinx. Who do I believe? He said to come back in a year and we would see if my symptoms have gotten worse. My Thumbs dont work most of the time now. He said its probably just carple Tunnel??? DanaZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 In a message dated 2/19/2003 10:45:30 PM Central Standard Time, wyvernnc@... writes: > ...sorting out carpal tunnel in folks with > chiari can be VERY difficult too ..and unfortunatly some doctors don't > realise that chiari alone can cause carpal tunnel like symtpoms too and do > surgery without it helping at all cause it was chiari all along !! > If the carpal tunnel like symptoms are from Chiari, would the nerve conduction studies (used to diagnose carpal tunnel) be abnormal indicating carpal tunnel when it may be CHiari? And how would one distinguish between the causes? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 In a message dated 2/19/2003 10:45:30 PM Central Standard Time, wyvernnc@... writes: > ...sorting out carpal tunnel in folks with > chiari can be VERY difficult too ..and unfortunatly some doctors don't > realise that chiari alone can cause carpal tunnel like symtpoms too and do > surgery without it helping at all cause it was chiari all along !! > If the carpal tunnel like symptoms are from Chiari, would the nerve conduction studies (used to diagnose carpal tunnel) be abnormal indicating carpal tunnel when it may be CHiari? And how would one distinguish between the causes? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 In a message dated 2/19/2003 10:45:30 PM Central Standard Time, wyvernnc@... writes: > ...sorting out carpal tunnel in folks with > chiari can be VERY difficult too ..and unfortunatly some doctors don't > realise that chiari alone can cause carpal tunnel like symtpoms too and do > surgery without it helping at all cause it was chiari all along !! > If the carpal tunnel like symptoms are from Chiari, would the nerve conduction studies (used to diagnose carpal tunnel) be abnormal indicating carpal tunnel when it may be CHiari? And how would one distinguish between the causes? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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