ReviewCureus2023
Spinal Adhesive Arachnoiditis: A Literature Review.
Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical management of a Veteran with chronic scan-negative cauda equina syndrome: a case report.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2026Article
- Endoscopic Approach to Type 1 Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak in the Thoracic Spine: Technical Considerations and Literature Review.International journal of spine surgery · 2026Article
- Chronic spinal meningitis: a forgotten condition revisited through a case series and literature review.BMC neurology · 2026Review
- Spinal arachnoid diverticula and constrictive myelopathy in dogs: different conditions or a spectrum of spinal meningeal disease in veterinary and human medicine?Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Adhesive Arachnoiditis in a Patient Undergoing Lung Cancer Surgery.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2025Article
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- Posttraumatic Spinal Cord Tethering and Syringomyelia: A Retrospective Investigation of Patients With Progressive Disease and Surgical Revisions.International journal of spine surgery · 2025Article
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- Impact of postoperative cauda equina clumping on recovery after biportal endoscopic decompression for severe lumbar stenosis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Article
- Evolving Radiological Approaches in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Arachnoiditis Ossificans.Cureus · 2024Review
- Adhesive arachnoiditis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and intradural extramedullary thoracic cavernoma: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2024Article
- Spinal adhesive arachnoiditis in an adult patient with spinal muscular atrophy type 3 treated with intrathecal therapy.BMC neurology · 2024Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Adhesive arachnoiditis (AA) is a rare inflammatory and scar-forming disease with several etiologies that may lead to incapacitating sequelae if not managed early. Nevertheless, as the onset of symptoms varies from days to years, the etiology is not often discovered. The disease is characterized by adhesions disrupting the cerebrospinal fluid flow and causing encapsulation and atrophy of the nerve root. Therefore, a range of clinical features may be present, including urinary, gastroenterology, dermatologic, and neurologic. In terms of diagnosis, magnetic resonance imaging is the gold standard showing pseudocysts with adherent and narrow nerve roots toward the center of the dural sac or peripherally cluster and narrow nerve roots with empty thecal sac. Despite its sensitivity and specificity, the imaging findings are not often associated with clinical manifestations, requiring treatment being based on anamneses and clinical findings. Nowadays, AA can be managed with pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment, although none provides a completely satisfying result.
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