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Intracranial Hypertension After Spinal Cord Injury and Suboptimal Cervical Fusion
Author(s) -
Sussman Walter I.,
Shaw Erik
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pmandr
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1934-1563
pISSN - 1934-1482
DOI - 10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.08.595
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudotumor cerebri , spinal cord injury , surgery , spinal cord , arthrodesis , intracranial pressure , anesthesia , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), also known as pseudotumor cerebri, is a syndrome of increased intracranial pressure. Secondary causes have been associated with IIH, but the pathogenesis is poorly understood, and most cases are idiopathic. We present a case of IIH after suboptimal surgical stabilization of a traumatic C5 spinal cord injury, American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale grade A. The patient underwent a posterior arthrodesis and fusion to stabilize the spine, and his symptoms gradually resolved. To our knowledge, we present the first reported case of intracranial hypertension after a traumatic spinal cord injury and failed surgical stabilization.