Spinal cord compression due to postoperative cervical pseudomeningocele.
A case of spinal cord compression due to postoperative cervical pseudomeningocele is reported. A 63-year-old man had undergone osteoplastic laminectomy of the C-3 through C-6 laminae for quadriplegia after a traffic accident 1 year and 4 months earlier. Computer-assisted tomography with metrizamide injection showed a pseudomeningocele in the paraspinous area at the C-3 through C-6 level.
D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000601:surgery; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000601:surgery; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed