[The clinical characteristics of rhinosinusogenic diffuse cerebral arachnoiditis located predominantly in the anterior cranial fossa].
142 patients with rhinosinusogenic cerebral arachnoiditis (RCA) were investigated. Diagnosis of RCA in all cases was confirmed by results of otorhinolaryngologic and neurologic methods of investigation. Pneumoencephalography was performed in 60 cases. In order to achieve auxiliary contrasting of meninges anterior cranial space the new way of position of patient on the table for X-ray examination were used with a special device. Analysis of pneumoencephalograms of 30 patients, performed with the new position and the new device allowed to detect predominant location and character of meninges pathology in PCA. Diagnostic significance of pneumoencephalography increased because of additional air depot in brain coverings of anterior cranial space. On the basis of clinical and pneumoencephalographic data it was concluded, that in cases with RCA meninges of anterior cranial space are the place of primary location of pathological process. The main topical of RCA was diffuse cerebral arachnoiditis with predominant pathology meninges of anterior cranial space (66.9% of patients). Among the main clinical peculiarities of this form were the following: characteristic of head pain in supraorbital area with the feeling of the pressure on eyes and painful eye movements, frequency of smell and psychic disorders. Analysis of clinical and pneumoencephalographic data demonstrated, that pathological changes in brain meninges and brain matter prevailed at the side of rhinosinusitis or of more damaged sinus in cases with bilateral disease.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011011:Pneumoencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000150:complications*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*
Klinicheskie osobennosti rinosinusogennogo diffuznogo tserebral'nogo arakhnoidita s preimushchestvennoĭ lokalizatsieĭ v peredneĭ cherepnoĭ iamke.