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Intracranial Hypotension: Aggravation of Headache at High Altitude
Author(s) -
Batsis John A.,
Phy Michael P.
Publication year - 2005
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 - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.05077_2.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spontaneous intracranial hypotension , intracranial hypotension , tinnitus , cerebrospinal fluid , lumbar puncture , anesthesia , magnetic resonance imaging , cerebrospinal fluid pressure , lumbar , intracranial pressure , surgery , radiology , psychiatry
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is an increasingly recognized disorder, often, although not always, characterized by the triad of low‐opening cerebrospinal fluid pressure on lumbar puncture, postural headache, and diffuse parenchymal meningeal enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging of the head. We describe an unusual case of a patient with spontaneous intracranial hypotension presenting with postural headache and tinnitus, aggravated at high altitudes.