Leptomeningeal adhesive thickening (chronic adhesive arachnoiditis)

General: Follows a chronic leptomeningeal infection, trauma, or suba 636i84g rachnoid hemorrhage; insidious onset.

Ocular: Diplopia.

Clinical: Headache; nausea; vomiting; vertigo; epileptic seizures.

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