title: Symptomatic arachnoiditis ossificans. Report of two cases.
abstract: Two cases of symptomatic arachnoiditis ossificans in middle-aged women, who had excision of ossified dorsal arachnoidal plaques, are reported. The clinicopathological features and surgical management of spinal arachnoiditis ossificans, which is a rare cause of backache and myelopathy, are discussed. The frequent association of severe contiguous arachnoidal fibrosis is considered to be a major factor accounting for the unpredictable effect of resection of stenosing and compressive ossified arachnoid.
mesh_terms: D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery