- hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis
- a diffuse fibrosing form of pachymeningitis in the spinal canal; it may be due to tuberculosis, syphilis, or other causes.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis
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