Open AccessPost traumatic arachnoiditis ossificans
Author(s) -
Sunitha P Kumaran,
Kanchan Gupta,
Aparna Maddali,
Sanjaya Viswamitra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.99701
Subject(s) - arachnoiditis , ossification , medicine , calcification , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , computed tomography , surgery
Arachnoiditis ossificans is a rare chronic disorder characterized by the presence of calcification/ ossification of the spinal arachnoid. We describe the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of arachnoiditis ossificans as sequelae to trauma in a 30-year-old patient. This imaging diagnosis becomes important to alert the clinician as most of them can be treated by conservative management.