Pachymeningitis. Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a section through the head and brain (centre left and right) of a 45-year-old patient with pachymeningitis,showing a thickening of the dura mater (arrows). Meningitis is an acute inflammation of the meninges,the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Pachymeningitis is the thickening of the dura mater (outermost of the meninges) associated with an infectious,malignant (cancerous),or rheumatic systematic disease | |
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