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A case of hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis Shunji ASAMOTO 1 , Hiroyuki SUGIYAMA 1 , Ken HINO 1 , Masahiro OGAI 1 , Munetaka HAYASHI 1 , Junichi IWAMA 1 , Hiroshi DOI 1 , Takehiko NAGAO 2 , Masahiro IDA 3 , Manabu TAKAHASHI 4 , Kiyoshi MATSUMOTO 5 1Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Ebara Hospital 2Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Ebara Hospital 3Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Ebara Hospital 4Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Ebara Hospital Keyword: hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis(HSP) , MRI pp.363-366
Published Date 1997/4/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1436901378
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A 79-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital complaining of gait disturbance. At the time of admis-sion, she had incomplete monoparesis of the left lower extremity. with a sensory level of T6. MR images showed a thickened dura at the C6-T4 vertebral levels. The thickened dura showed low intensities on T1- and T2-weighted images, and was homogeneously enhanced by Gd-DTPA. Hypertrophic spinal pachy-meningitis (HSP) was suspected, and laminectomy was performed from T2 to T3. The thickened dura was found and partially resected. Microscopically, the dia-gnosis was HSP. Steroid therapy was initiated after surgery. Postoperatively, the patient's physical status and radiographic images improved. The etiology of HSP is not clear in most cases. It is difficult to dia-gnose radiographically, although MR imaging can help differentiate it from other disorders. T1- and T2-weighted images of HSP show low intensities, and the T1-weighted image is homogeneously enhanced by Gd-DTPA. Treatment is early decompressive surgery with possible excision of the involved dura. Steroid therapy was effective in our case.


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