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17368029

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
We present a 30-year-old man with progressive spastic paraparesis. Spinal imaging revealed extensive calcification of the thoracic cord and cauda equina arachnoid, an intradural extramedullary cyst and evidence of rapidly progressing syringomyelia. Radiological diagnosis was arachnoiditis ossificans and an attempt at surgical decompression was made because of progressive neurologic deterioration. Due to tenacious adhesion of the calcified plaques to the cord and roots, only cyst drainage was achieved; the patient had no clinical improvement. A literature review revealed only two other cases reported in the literature with co-existence of arachnoiditis ossificans and syringomyelia. In none of the previous cases was there an intradural extramedullary arachnoid cyst, nor did the syrinx progress in such a rapid fashion. An attempt is made to explain possible pathophysiological mechanisms leading to this unusual pathology.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0967-5868
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
572-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Arachnoiditis ossificans with progressive syringomyelia and spinal arachnoid cyst.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens Medical School, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports