Case Reports1 October 1941SYPHILITIC PAN-MENINGITIS (SO-CALLED CHRONIC HYPERTROPHIC SPINAL PACHYMENINGITIS)GORDON R. KAMMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., A. B. BAKER, M.D., Ph.D.GORDON R. KAMMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, A. B. BAKER, M.D., Ph.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-4-748 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe case about to be reported belongs to the group of disorders erroneously referred to as "chronic hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis." We say "erroneously referred to" because in most cases reported, the leptomeninges as well as the dura were adherent and involved in the pathological process. Since the detailed histological studies in our case provide additional evidence that the pathological process is something more than a hypertrophic "pachymeningitis" and since such cases are comparatively rare, a report of the present case seems justified.Syphilis and tuberculosis have been considered the chief etiological agents in this disease, the former being by far...Bibliography HASSIN GB: Circumscribed suppurative (non-tuberculous) peripachymeningitis. Histopathologic study of a case, Arch. Neur. and Psychiat., 1928, xx, 110-129. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication September 17, 1940.From the University of Minnesota Department of Nervous and Mental Diseases ; Ancker Hospital Division, Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the Department of Neuropathology. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIncomplete myelographic block with hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitisHypertrophic Spinal Pachymeningitis 1 October 1941Volume 15, Issue 4Page: 748-756KeywordsMeningitisNeuropathologySyphilis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...