Spinal arachnoid sleeves and their possible causative role in cauda equina syndrome and transient radicular irritation syndrome.
Irene RiquelmeMiguel Angel ReinaAndre P BoezaartRichard Shane TubbsAnna CarreraFrancisco ReinaPublished in: Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) (2021)
It seems possible to accommodate the distal orifice of a 25- or a 27-gauge pencil-point spinal needle completely within the space of the arachnoid sleeve. An injection within this sleeve could potentially lead to a neurological syndrome, as we have previously proposed.