RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Idiopathic Hypertrophic Spinal Pachymeningitis: Report of Two Cases with Typical MR Imaging Findings
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 590
OP 592
VO 28
IS 3
A1 Pai, S.
A1 Welsh, C.T.
A1 Patel, S.
A1 Rumboldt, Z.
YR 2007
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/28/3/590.abstract
AB SUMMARY: Two patients with a chronic progressive myelopathy were successfully surgically treated and idiopathic hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis (IHSP) was found on histology. In both patients, an extensive extramedullary mass of low T2 signal with peripheral contrast enhancement was compressing the spinal cord on MR imaging. This imaging appearance in patients with chronic progressive myelopathy should suggest the diagnosis of IHSP.