Arachnoiditis - Riccardo Barbieri

ARACNOIDITIS - beschrijving

Ontsteking van de weke hersen- en ruggenmergvliezen, membraan

There is no area of medicine today where greater, or more cruel suffering has been created in large populations of patients throughout the globe than those directly related to adhesive arachnoiditis of which the most common form is in the lumbo-sacral area.

Clinically significant lumbo-sacral adhesive arachnoiditis is a particularly cruel disease because of the nature of the pain syndrome associated with it.  Yet, its pathophysiology is well understood and is no mystery.  Yet, for those desiring an objective determination of the existence or absence of adhesive arachnoiditis non-invasive high-resolution MRI scans have now allowed definitive determination of this frightening pathologic entity. 

any foreign agent introduced into the spine has the potential to cause arachnoiditis

Meer referenties:

• http://www.catsclem.nl/medisch/medars.htm

• Hoe ontwikkelt zich Arachnoiditis??
  van de Nederlandse Vereniging Slachtoffers Medische Contrastmiddelen
  (dvd Arachnoiditis - Fighting Back - UK)

• Polyethyleenglycol leidt misschien tot arachnoiditis

• iophendylate myelograms without informed consent
  The most significant example of such neurotoxic agents are those containing ethylene glycols to allow for slow release (i.e. Depo-Medrol® , Depo-Medrone®, Aristocort®   and Methylprednisolone Suspension®)