title: Cauda equina syndrome resulting from lumbar arachnoiditis after intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage: a case report.
abstract: Spinal arachnoiditis is a known but very rare late complication of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Since 1943, 17 cases of spinal arachnoiditis after intracranial hemorrhage have been reported internationally. The vast majority of these cases were related to aneurysmal SAH. All previously published cases have involved spinal arachnoiditis at the cervical and thoracic levels. In this report, we present an adult woman with lumbar spinal arachnoiditis causing cauda equina syndrome as a result of posterior circulation aneurysmal SAH. We believe this is the first reported case of this specific condition causing cauda equina syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Box 356490, BB-928 Health Sciences Bldg, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6940, USA. kwhetst@uw.edu
authors.forename: Kirk E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Whetstone
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Crane
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy