Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis as a rare cause of cervical compressive myelopathy

Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis as a rare cause of cervical compressive myelopathy

The spinal form of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis (IHP) is a rare condition characterized by a chronic progressive diffuse inflammatory fibrosis of the dura mater, which may evolve to the compression of the spinal cord. We present a case report about IHP focusing on its features in magnetic...

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Main Authors: Aya Fukuda, Elizabete Punaro, Fábio Rogério, Luciano de Souza Queiroz, Fabiano Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine
Subjects:
Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis
cervical spine
magnetic resonance imaging
Online Access:http://www.jcvjs.com/article.asp?issn=0974-8237;year=2017;volume=8;issue=4;spage=387;epage=389;aulast=Fukuda

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