ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Disorders of cerebrospinal fluid pressure or flow
8D66 — Syringomyelia or syringobulbia
8D66.2 — Syringobulbia
ICD-11 8D66.2 — Syringobulbia
Chronic progressive degenerative disorder of the CNS characterized by the formation of a fluid filled cavity known as a syrinx in the spinal cord that extends upwards to involve the medulla and pons. May occur in isolation or secondary to may also occur secondary to neoplasms, traumas, deformities of the craniocervical junction or meningitis.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.