Open AccessSyringomyelia as a Complication of Spinal Arachnoiditis
Author(s) -
Therese B. Brammah,
M. I. V. Jayson
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
spine (philadelphia, pa. 1976)/spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.657
H-Index - 254
eISSN - 1528-1159
pISSN - 0362-2436
DOI - 10.1097/00007632-199411001-00019
Subject(s) - medicine , syringomyelia , syrinx (medicine) , myelography , arachnoiditis , sensory loss , surgery , lumbar , weakness , complication , spinal cord , back pain , anesthesia , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
The authors report a 46-year-old female patient who was referred to this unit for assessment of chronic postsurgical back pain. She reported severe burning pain in the lumbar region accompanied by burning pain and loss of sensation in the lower limbs. She had previously undergone lumbar spinal surgery on three occasions preceded by myelography.