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Rare Disease

arachnoiditis

MONDO:0015304

Also known as:adhesive arachnoiditisarachnoid mater inflammationchronic arachnoiditis

Overview

Arachnoiditis (ARC) is a chronic inflammation of the arachnoid layer of the meninges, of which adhesive arachnoiditis is the most severe form, characterized by debilitating, intractable neurogenic back and limb pain and a range of other neurological problems.

Clinical Presentation

Built from Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) phenotype annotations and GeneReviews clinical descriptions. Features represent findings documented across known cases — not an exhaustive list of possible symptoms.

Features include very common findings: Tinnitus, Hearing loss (hearing impairment), Abnormality of the eye, and Abnormality of vision and others; and common findings: Anhidrosis. 15 total HPO annotations.

Organ System	Phenotype Count	Example Features
Brain and nerves	7	Hydrocephalus, Sensory neuropathy, Hyporeflexia

Diagnosis

Biomarker and diagnostic research for arachnoiditis has been reported in the published literature.

Prognosis

Phenotype severity distribution: 10 very common features, 1 common feature.

Estimated prevalence: Unknown (Unknown prevalence).

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for arachnoiditis.

105 publications have been identified in PubMed for arachnoiditis. Research spans Case Report / Case Series (47%), Basic Science / Preclinical (23%), and Review / Meta-Analysis (13%).

Research Type	Count	% of Total
Patient case studies	49	47%

Data assembled from 4 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 18, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC

MONDOHPOClinicalTrials.govFDAPubMedHGNCClinVarClinGenGeneReviewsOrphanetOMIMRUSP

Medical References

External Resources

Orphanet

European rare disease database

Orphanet:137817

GARD

Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center

GARD:5839

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