Recurrent localised myositis.

wound healed well, her symptoms rapidly resolved, and she went home 2 weeks after her operation. Iatrogenic meningocoels have been reported following spinal surgery, usually for disc disease.'3 The majority are due to failure of recognition of a surgical injury, or failure of a repair attempt. It is possible that the puncture wound for myelography may be responsible for a few cases.4 They have been reported after intradural operations' but at higher levels when the problem has been cord compression. The recurrent symptoms may be caused by adhesion ofa nerve root to the fistulous track