title: [Clinico-morphologic manifestations of ossifying cerebrospinal arachnoiditis].
abstract: Seven verified cases of ossifying cerebrospinal arachnoiditis (OCSA) were analyzed. Personal data of the authors and literature allowed some generalizations on clinical signs having diagnostic values in the disease debute. Clinicomorphological description of a case is given together with the discussion of OCSA symptoms pathogenesis. Clinical picture featured the lesions of brainstem despite the prevalence of pial ossification. This suggested that ossified plates are not obligatory pathogenic factor in neurological disorders.
authors.forename: V Ia
authors.initials: VIa
authors.lastname: Neretin
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Kir'iakov
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Ignat'eva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001099:Arachnoid / Q000473:pathology*; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Kliniko-morfologicheskie proiavleniia ossifitsiruiushchego tserebrospinal'nogo arakhnoidita.