TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis
T2 - Report of two cases and review of the literature
AU - Ashkenazi, E.
AU - Constantini, S.
AU - Pappo, O.
AU - Gomori, M.
AU - Averbuch-Heller, L.
AU - Umansky, F.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - The cases of two patients with idiopathic pachymeningitis hypertrophica that caused progressive paraparesis are presented. Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging was used to demonstrate this pathological entity in one patient, and myelography was used in the other. Decompressive surgery led to significant neurological improvement. The etiology, diagnosis, and management of this disease is discussed, and the literature is reviewed. To our knowledge, this is the first report to describe the features of this rare pathological entity on magnetic resonance imaging.
AB - The cases of two patients with idiopathic pachymeningitis hypertrophica that caused progressive paraparesis are presented. Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging was used to demonstrate this pathological entity in one patient, and myelography was used in the other. Decompressive surgery led to significant neurological improvement. The etiology, diagnosis, and management of this disease is discussed, and the literature is reviewed. To our knowledge, this is the first report to describe the features of this rare pathological entity on magnetic resonance imaging.
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Paraparesis
KW - Spinal pachymeningitis
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U2 - 10.1227/00006123-199105000-00017
DO - 10.1227/00006123-199105000-00017
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C2 - 1876254
AN - SCOPUS:0025896906
SN - 0148-396X
VL - 28
SP - 730
EP - 732
JO - Neurosurgery
JF - Neurosurgery
IS - 5
ER -