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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1979; 2(2):113-117

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1979.2.2.113

Case Report

Hypertrophic Interstitial Neuritis of Cauda Equina: Case Report with Myelographic Findings

Sun Ho Chee
Corresponding author: Sun Ho Chee. Department of Neurological Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1979. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

The author reports a case of surgery-proved hypertrophic interstitial neuritis of cauda equina. The pathogenesis of the unique myelographic findings is described and illustrated. SUMMARY A case of surgery-proved hypertrophic interstitial neuritis of cauda equina is reported. The unique myelographic findings are illustrated. To the author's knowledge, no other condition produces these abnormalities.

Keywords: Hypertropic intestitial neuritis; Cauda equina; Dejerine Sottas syndrome; Sheath of Schwann; Linear radiolucency