| THE ADHESIVE ARACHNOIDITIS SYNDROME |
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| Sarah Andreae-Jones
MB BS (Smith) Patron of the Arachnoiditis Trust UK |
CAUSES
- Spinal surgery (especially multiple)
- Myelographic dyes (especially oil-based such as Myodil (Pantopaque))
- Epidural steroid injections (e.g.Depo-Medrol)
- Epidural anaesthesia
- Other intraspinal drugs such as amphotericin B and methotrexate
- Multiple lumbar punctures
- Trauma
- Infection e.g. meningitis
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage
- Spinal stenosis
- Chronic disc prolapse
Introduction
THE SCALE OF THE
PROBLEM
ARACHNOIDITIS OR
EPIDURAL FIBROSIS?
NOMENCLATURE
THE INFLAMMATORY
NATURE OF ADHESIVE ARACHNOIDITIS
PATHOLOGY
CLASSIFICATION
CAUSES
NEXT: THE IATROGENIC
ASPECT OF ADHESIVE ARACHNOIDITIS
PRESERVATIVES IN
SPINAL INJECTIONS
PROGNOSIS
THE SYNDROMIC NATURE
OF SYMPTOMS IN ADHESIVE ARACHNOIDITIS (Warning: LONG)
COMPLICATIONS OF
ADHESIVE ARACHNOIDITIS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL ASSESSMENT
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
TREATMENT OPTIONS
(Warning: LONG)
MULTIPLE CHEMICAL
SENSITIVITY
LOOKING TO THE
FUTURE
APPENDIX I: AUTOIMMUNE
ASPECTS
APPENDIX II: SYRINGOMYELIA
ADDENDUM - May
2000
REFERENCES
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