The following recommendations have been adopted and field tested on the patients of our centers for more than 10 years. They reflect the feedback from experts in the field of Obstetrics and Anesthesia, as well as the evolution of our understanding of CMI and syringomyelia. • A trial of natural childbirth is not contraindicated in patients with CMI (untreated, or after surgical decompression) • ...

phism; and 4) bizarre cell forms.12 Myofibrils are also present in some cases but are not required for the diagnosis.12 It must be borne in mind that these microscopic findings are only seen in cases of well-differentiated leiomyosarcoma.2 Masson's trichome staining and immunohistochemical evaluation for muscle antigen separates of leiomyosarcoma from other sarcomas, and it is helpful in diagno...

The earliest description of cavities in the cord is generally ascribed to Charles Estienne (1504–c.1564) in La dissection des parties du corps humain... Paris, 1546. But the fi rst use of the term ‘syringomyelia’ was probably that of Charles P. Oliviers d’Anger in De la moelle épinière et ses maladies in 1824; in a later two-volume work he described: ‘Syringomyélie ou cavité centrale dans la mo...