Spinal arachnoiditis and cyst formation with subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Abstract

We present the case of a 58-year-old lady with p-ANCA vasculitis who suffered a WFNS grade 1 subarachnoid haemorrhage (Fisher grade 1) secondary to a ruptured left posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm and then developed a rare complication of radiologically progressive spinal arachnoiditis despite maintained clinical response to definitive treatment measures.

• Authors: Kumar Abhinav, Marcus Bradley, Kristian Aquilina, Nikunj K Patel
• Journal: British journal of neurosurgery (Br J Neurosurg) Vol. 26 Issue 4 Pg. 574-5 (Aug 2012) ISSN: 1360-046X [Electronic] England
• PMID: 22299598 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aneurysm, Ruptured (complications)
• Arachnoid Cysts (etiology)
• Arachnoiditis (etiology)
• Cerebellum (blood supply)
• Female
• Humans
• Intracranial Aneurysm (complications)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Middle Aged
• Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (complications)