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Cauda Equina Syndrome Resulting From Lumbar Arachnoiditis After Intracranial Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Whetstone Kirk E.,
Crane Deborah A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pmandr
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1934-1563
pISSN - 1934-1482
DOI - 10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.01.011
Subject(s) - arachnoiditis , medicine , cauda equina , subarachnoid hemorrhage , cauda equina syndrome , lumbar , surgery , complication , spinal cord , anesthesia , psychiatry
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.