《Arachnoiditis Ossificans of Lumbosacral Spinea Case Report and Literature Review》.pdfVIP

Chin Med Sci J Vol. 29, No. 2 June 2014 P. 125-127 CHINESE MEDICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL CASE REPORT Arachnoiditis Ossificans of Lumbosacral Spine : a Case Report and Literature Review Liang Wang and Yi-peng Wang* Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China Key words: arachnoiditis ossificans; calcification; myelography Chin Med Sci J 2014; 29(2):125-127 RACHNOIDITIS ossificans (AO) is a rare type of surgery showed the lumbar spinal stenosis (Fig. 1). Before chronic arachnoiditis characterized by the the first surgery, the myelography with oil-based contrast Apresence of calcification in, or ossification of the was performed and presented the contrast breakoff. The spinal arachnoid. Small plaques of calcification preoperative severe low back pain and numbness of lower of the dura mater are frequently observed in radiography limbs relieved after the last operation in 1998. After or during surgery, which are often asymptomatic and have remission from symptoms for about 1 year, the patient no apparent clinical significance.1 AO and dura calcification began to complain of repeated buttock pain, numbness of shoul