ALLMedicine™ Arachnoiditis Center

Mar 17th, 2023 - Secondary spinal arachnoid cysts have rarely been reported but present significant challenges for management. These cysts could be anteriorly located with long rostral-caudal extensions and many are related to arachnoiditis, leading to difficult-t...

Feb 14th, 2023 - Tuberculous Optochiasmatic Arachnoiditis.|2023|Amado C,Lizárraga KJ,|complications,diagnostic imaging,diagnostic imaging,microbiology,complications,diagnosis,

Jan 20th, 2023 - The incidence of perioperative anxiety has been reported to range from 11% to 80% among adult patients. Perioperative depression and/or anxiety may increase the risk of poor postoperative outcomes including increased morbidity and mortality , incr...

Jan 13th, 2023 - Arachnoiditis ossificans is an uncommon end-stage appearance of chronic adhesive arachnoiditis. Imaging features of arachnoiditis ossificans are characteristic and should be diagnosed to avoid unnecessary intervention and guide prognosis and manag...

Jan 10th, 2023 - Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) may produce obliterative arachnoiditis, which disrupts the flow and absorption of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), resulting in posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH). PHH gives a high risk of neurofunctional impairment. V...

Jan 20th, 2023 - The incidence of perioperative anxiety has been reported to range from 11% to 80% among adult patients. Perioperative depression and/or anxiety may increase the risk of poor postoperative outcomes including increased morbidity and mortality , incr...

Dec 5th, 2022 - Methodology of the study Study design:Ambispective cohort study; Observational study; Diagnostic accuracy study Sample size: All consecutive patients in the database will be included in the retrospective study and all new patients registered in th...

Jun 29th, 2021 - Primary endpoint :Incidence of neurological complications (Transient and Permanent complications; e.g. transient neurological symptoms, arachnoiditis, cauda equina syndrome).Two follow-up questionnaires are foreseen, at 24 h and 7 days after time ...

Jan 13th, 2021 - Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the commonest parasitic infection of the central nervous system. It can affect the brain, meninges, eyes as well as other parts of the body. Disseminated cysticercosis involves brain and one other organ such as muscles,...

Dec 30th, 2020 - Tubercular arachnoiditis occurring as a late complication of TBM is due to immune mediated reactions and is usually treated with high doses of corticosteroids. In the investigators' experience patients have received corticosteroids upto a duration...

Dec 10th, 2019 - The patient developed neurologic symptoms, and lumbar puncture yielded green pus caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. He went on to develop arachnoiditis, which left him with impotence, incontinence, and excruciating pain.

Oct 3rd, 2016 - SAN ANTONIO — Patients with severe chronic pain, including those with arachnoiditis, have low serum cortisol levels, a new study has shown. Before prescribing opioids to such patients, clinicians should check cortisol levels, and if these levels a...

Oct 3rd, 2016 - SAN ANTONIO — Patients with severe chronic pain, including those with arachnoiditis, have low serum cortisol levels, a new study has shown. Before prescribing opioids to such patients, clinicians should check cortisol levels, and if these levels a...

Nov 24th, 2014 - An FDA advisory committee is meeting Monday and Tuesday to discuss adverse neurologic effects following the use of epidural steroid injections for pain management. Finding little relief for back and neck pain from analgesics or surgery, patients h...

Jun 18th, 2013 - Action Points A screening MRI may provide early warning of spinal or paraspinal meningitis in patients who receive contaminated steroid injections. Note that among patients who underwent screening MRI to look for infection at the site of injection...