Rare Case of Diffuse Spinal Arachnoiditis Following a Complicated Vertebral Artery Dissection

Authors

Elias Atallah, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Sophia Dang, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Sage Rahm, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Nohra Chalouhi, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Stavropoula Tjoumakaris MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Robert H. Rosenwasswer MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Pascal Jabbour MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

Spinal arachnoiditis (SA) is an extremely rare and delayed complication of intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). SA is an inflammatory process leading to chronic fibrosis of the spinal cord. Possible pathophysiology is a two-staged disease of initial inflammatory reaction secondary to SAH, followed by a “free interval phase” prior to delayed adhesive phase (i.e. SA). The clinical course can be complicated and is the cause of major morbidity.

Publication Date

3-2-2018

Keywords

poster presentation, poster, neurosurgery, spinal arachnoiditis, Diffuse Subtraction Angiography, Polymicrobialventriculitis, surgery, thoracolumbosacral orthosis back brace, Ventricular shunt and decompression surgery, procollagenpropeptides, spinal arachnoiditis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, vertebral artery dissection, case report

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Neurology | Surgery

Comments

Presented at the 8th Annual Philadelphia Surgery Symposium

Recommended Citation

Atallah, MD, Elias; Dang, Sophia; Rahm, Sage; Chalouhi, MD, Nohra; Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula MD; Rosenwasswer MD, Robert H.; and Jabbour, Pascal MD, "Rare Case of Diffuse Spinal Arachnoiditis Following a Complicated Vertebral Artery Dissection" (2018). Department of Neurosurgery Posters. 10.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/neurosurgeryposters/10