Open AccessIntracranial hypotension after syringopleural shunting in posttraumatic syringomyelia: Case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Johanne C Summers,
Yagnesh Vellore,
Patrick Chan,
Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/1793-5482.152113
Subject(s) - medicine , intracranial hypotension , syringomyelia , shunting , shunt (medical) , magnetic resonance imaging , surgery , radiology , syrinx (medicine) , spinal trauma , anesthesia , spinal cord , psychiatry
We report a case of a 45-year-old male with a syringopleural shunt who developed intracranial hypotension. The patient presented with 2 weeks history of worsening headache and back pain, on a background of having had a syringopleural shunt inserted for a thoracic posttraumatic syrinx. Computerized tomography imaging of the brain revealed bilateral subdural fluid collections. Magnetic resonance imaging appearances of spinal and intracranial pachymeningeal enhancement confirmed intracranial hypotension. We present a rare case of intracranial hypotension secondary to syringopleural shunting in a patient with posttraumatic syringomyelia.