Ossification of the lumbosacral dura and arachnoid following spinal cord trauma. Case report

R B Bell; C J Wallace; H A Swanson; A K Brownell

doi:10.1038/sc.1995.118

Ossification of the lumbosacral dura and arachnoid following spinal cord trauma. Case report

Paraplegia. 1995 Sep;33(9):543-6. doi: 10.1038/sc.1995.118.

Authors

R B Bell¹, C J Wallace, H A Swanson, A K Brownell

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Foothills Hospital, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

PMID: 8524610
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1995.118

Abstract

A case of progressive cauda equina syndrome secondary to ossification of the lumbosacral dura arachnoid following an incomplete spinal cord injury is presented. The etiology of the ossification is unclear and may be secondary to heterotopic osseous metaplasia such as occurs in other sites in spinal cord injured patients.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Arachnoid / diagnostic imaging
Arachnoid / pathology*
Cauda Equina / diagnostic imaging
Cauda Equina / pathology*
Dura Mater / diagnostic imaging
Dura Mater / pathology*
Humans
Male
Ossification, Heterotopic / diagnostic imaging
Ossification, Heterotopic / etiology
Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology*
Ossification, Heterotopic / physiopathology
Spinal Cord Injuries / complications
Spinal Cord Injuries / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord Injuries / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed