Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Without Intracranial Hypotension

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Title Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Without Intracranial Hypotension
Creator Tasneem Peeraully, MBBS, BSc, Michael L. Rosenberg, MD
Affiliation New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, John F. Kennedy Medical Center
Abstract A 52-year-old man with a family history of multiple aneurysms presented with the gradual onset of generalized headaches and bilateral sixth nerve palsies. Following intravenous contrast, MRI revealed diffuse pachymeningeal enhancement consistent with spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH). Lack of any postural component to the headaches and repeatedly normal opening pressures on lumbar puncture delayed the diagnosis. A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak was not found, but an epidural blood patch led to resolution of symptoms. Although the atypical features of nonorthostatic headache and normal CSF opening pressure have been documented in SIH, and failure to find the site of the leak is not unusual, this case illustrates a confluence of all these findings. An underlying disorder of connective tissue has been linked to SIH, and we propose that decreased meningeal compliance could account for a symptomatic low-volume state of CSF without a low opening pressure.
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Date 2011-09
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s63v2p94
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 227184
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63v2p94
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