Familial adhesive arachnoiditis associated with syringomyelia.
Adhesive arachnoiditis is a rare condition, often complicated by syringomyelia. This pathologic entity is usually associated with prior spinal surgery, spinal inflammation or infection, and hemorrhage. The usual symptoms of arachnoiditis are pain, paresthesia, and weakness of the low extremities due to the nerve entrapment. A few cases have had no obvious etiology. Previous studies have reported one family with multiple cases of adhesive arachnoiditis. We report a second family of Belgian origin with multiple cases of arachnoiditis and secondary syringomyelia in the affected individuals.
From the Departments of Radiology (V.P.) vasilikipas@gmail.com.
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Pasoglou
Genetics (N.J.), Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
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Janin
Departments of Radiology (M.T., L.C.).
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Tebache
Department of Neurology (T.J.T.), AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Tegos
Neurosurgery (J.D.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle, Liège, Belgium.
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Born
Departments of Radiology (M.T., L.C.).
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Collignon
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology*; D001530:Belgium; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology*; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology