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This article presents an unusual case of arachnoiditis ossificans after spinal surgery. A case of arachnoiditis ossificans secondary to lumbar fixation and decompression surgery for the treatment of multilevel lumbar fractures is reported and the relevant literature is reviewed. A 29-year-old man
This report describes a man aged 65 years who developed spastic paraparesis secondary to arachnoiditis ossificans in the thoracic spine. Over 35 years previously, in Southeast Asia, the patient had received repeated lumbar punctures in the treatment of meningitis possibly associated with malarial
Lumbar spinal arachnoiditis occurring after diagnostic lumbar puncture is a very rare condition. Arachnoiditis may also present with fever and elevated infection markers and may mimic epidural abscess, which is one of the well known infectious complications of lumbar puncture. We report the case of
CONCLUSIONS
Arachnoiditis, produced by different causes, is an inflammation of the sac containing the spinal cord and nerve roots. Patients with this disease have severe low back and leg pain, sweating and low grade fever. This case had aberrant skin temperature and sweating in different parts of
Chronic lumbar radiculopathy following spinal surgery is reported, in which 7 of 25 patients reviewed developed a postoperative syndrome immediately after their original surgery. Later, sometimes years later, all 7 patients developed severe chronic spinal arachnoiditis. This syndrome was
We present a case of arachnoiditis and an intrathecal hematoma after an epidural blood patch. A 24-year-old parturient underwent an epidural blood patch three days after an accidental dural puncture during epidural labor analgesia. Four days later, the patient developed severe lower back pain,
Five patients developed mycotic spinal arachnoiditis-meningitis causing signs and symptoms of spinal cord neoplasm. Four had cryptococcal infection, the fifth had aspergillosis. In three patients, diagnosis was made at surgery; all three developed acute fungal meningitis postoperatively and two
A 62-year-old woman developed headache, vomiting and fever. On admission to hospital, she showed an imparied level of consciousness, diplopia on left lateral gaze, bilateral hearing loss and left hemiparesis. Cranial contrast computed tomography (CT) revealed basal meningeal enhancement. Lumbar
This report is of a 36-year-old woman who initially presented with confusion and fever. Subsequent investigations showed tuberculous meningitis with acute hydrocephalus. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt was performed and anti-tuberculosis therapy was given. The patient was later noticed to have weakness
OBJECTIVE
Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) by tuberculosis is rare; it can affect either immunocompromised or immunocompetent people.
METHODS
Here, we report a case of tuberculosis with CNS involvement. We present the case of an immunocompetent young man who developed fever, subacute
Background: Data regarding the neuroradiology features of the West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease (WNV NID) is rather scarce. To contribute to the knowledge of the WNV NID, we present a patient with a combination of encephalitis and
OBJECTIVE
To establish a new method for the diagnosis of central nervous system diseases, the authors visualized the cerebral cisterns and ventricles via a percutaneous lumbosacral route by using newly developed fine, flexible fiberscopes.
METHODS
Fine, flexible fiberscopes, 0.9 and 1.4 mm in
METHODS
Spinal epidural and subarachnoid spaces were observed with the newly developed fine flexible fiberscopes in 55 patients with chronic pain.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the fiberscopes as diagnostic tools for spinal canal disease.
BACKGROUND
Fine flexible fiberscopes make it possible to visualize