Arachnoid telangiectasia causing meningeal fibrosis and secondary syringomyelia.
A case of syringomyelia secondary to arachnoiditis associated with arachnoid telangiectasia is reported in a female patient with no other stigmata of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. Such a case has not been reported before. She underwent surgical decompression of the spinal cord with successful outcome.
Buxton
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Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
Jaspan
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White
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D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome