Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leakage causes orthostatic headache, and mental dullness, diplopia, and coma may occur. Most cases are due to a tear in the spinal CSF membranes. MRI shows enhancement of the dura, and special imaging, such as digital-subtraction myelography (shown in videos), may be...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 385; no. 23; pp. 2173 - 2178
Main Author:	Schievink, Wouter I
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 02.12.2021
Subjects:	Brain - diagnostic imaging Cerebrospinal fluid Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak - complications Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak - diagnosis Collections Coma Diagnostic tests Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine General Epidural Fistula Headache - etiology Headaches Humans Hypotension Intracranial Hypotension - diagnostic imaging Intracranial Hypotension - etiology Intracranial Hypotension - physiopathology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Myelography Neurology Neurosurgery Neurosurgery General Optic Nerve - diagnostic imaging Orthopedics Orthopedics General Patients Spinal cord Subarachnoid Space - diagnostic imaging
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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