Patients with MPO-ANCA+ spinal hypertrophic pachymeningitis had worsening spinal symptoms, lesions in the dura matter, more serious neurological symptoms, and a frequent need for emergency surgery.

ABSTRACT: Spinal extradural arachnoid cyst (SEDAC) develops from a protrusion of the arachnoid through a defect in the dura mater in young adulthood. Its location is variable. It is a rare cause of ...

HP was defined as a condition with thickening of the cranial or spinal dura mater with inflammation, evidenced by MRI or histology. Results Crude HP prevalence was 0.949/100 000 population. The mean ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate ...

George Clooney was left with spinal fluid coming out of his nose following a gruesome injury in 2005 while on the set of a ...

Hollywood actor George Clooney has been suffering with chronic pain for more than 15 years after a devastating accident on ...

Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...

Subdural hematoma is an emergency in which bleeding occurs between the brain and skull. Learn how it’s treated and what the ...

Purpose To report percutaneous transcranial puncture, embolization and occlusion of a very symptomatic hypoglossal canal/anterior condylar vein dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) using syngo iGuide ...

The 63 year old actor and successful director revealed to GQ that he tore his dura mater - the wrap around the spine that holds the spinal fluid - when someone kicked over the chair he was sitting in.