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arachnoiditis

    etiology:
  • Pantopaque (inflammatory effect potentiated by blood)
  • back surgery/trauma
  • hemmorhage
  • infection
  • radiation
  • idiopathic

    myelogram:
  • blunting of nerve root sleeves
  • blocked nerve roots without cord displacement (2/3)
  • streaking and clumping of contrast

    CT:
  • fusion and clumping of nerve roots
  • empty-appearing sac with roots adherent to wall (final stage)
a/w syrinx

Yong H. Hahn, MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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