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Congenital Predisposition to Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Ontachi Yasuo,
Sakajiri Kenichi,
Higashi Sohtaro,
Yokoyama Kunihiko,
Suzuki Masayuki,
Asakura Hidesaku,
Nakao Shinji
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2003.03112.x
Subject(s) - intracranial hypotension , medicine , spontaneous intracranial hypotension , complication , cerebrospinal fluid , anesthesia , cerebrospinal fluid leakage , surgery
Dural rupture, cerebrospinal fluid leakage, and spontaneous intracranial hypotension may complicate significant or minimal spinal trauma and cause chronic headache with a positional component. While such cases typically reflect no pre‐existing predilection, we encountered a patient whose cervicothoracic anatomy appeared to predispose him to this complication.