Combination of transverse myelitis and arachnoiditis in cauda equina syndrome of long-standing ankylosing spondylitis: MRI features and its role in clinical management

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1963-1967

  Lan, Howard Haw Chang ^a,b,c,f   Chen, Der Yuan ^a,d,e   Chen, Clayton Chi Chang ^a,b,c   Lan, Joung Liang ^a,d,e   Hsieh, Chia Wei ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Arachnoiditis; Cauda equina syndrome; Dural diverticula; Magnetic resonance imaging; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ARACHNOIDITIS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34948846645     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0593-2     Document Type: Article

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