title: Arachnoiditis ossificans with arachnoid cyst after cranial tuberculous meningitis.
abstract: A 34-year-old woman developed symptomatic arachnoiditis ossificans and an arachnoid cyst as a consequence of tuberculous meningitis adequately treated 20 years before. Surgical decompression of the cyst stopped the progression of her spastic paraparesis. Pathologic examination confirmed the presence of ossification of the arachnoid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, AZ Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van Paesschen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van den Kerchove
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Appel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klaes
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Neetens
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lowenthal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001099:Arachnoid / Q000473:pathology; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications*