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

The Ewha Medical Journal 1979; 2(2): 113-117.

Published online: 24 July 2015

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

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

Sun Ho Chee, M.D., D.M.Sc.

Department of Neurological Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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

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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

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