Thoracic constrictive arachnoiditis after pantopaque myelography causing syringomyelia and paraparesis: Case report;Aracnoidite constritiva causada por pantopaque resultando em siringomielia e paraparesia: Relato de caso

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 3 A, 2001, Pages 619-622

  Gonçalves Da Silva, José Alberto ^a,b   Taricco, Mario Augusto ^a   De Farias Brito, José Correia ^a   Neves, Valdir Delmiro ^a   De Lucena Farias, Ronald ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANTA IZABEL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Arachnoiditis; Myelography; Pantopaque

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN; IOFENDYLATE;

ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; PARAPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIME;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINES; ANALGESICS; ARACHNOID CYSTS; ARACHNOIDITIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; IOPHENDYLATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; PARAPARESIS; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16744362277     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2001000400028     Document Type: Article

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