Imaging Features of Hypertrophic Spinal Pachymeningitis: a Report of 2 Cases / 实用放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the imaging features of hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis(HSP).Methods 2 patients with HSPproved pathologically received both CT and MRI scan. The literatures were reviewed, the clinical data and imaging features of HSP wereretrospectively analyzed.Results The characteristic HSP manifestation of HSP on imaging was the crescent-shaped thickening of spinaldura maters , the thickness of the dura was 5.2 mm and 13 mm respectively in this two cases . Conclusion HSP is of typical imaging characteristic. The diagnosis can be made correctly in combination with clinical data.