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Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27420146

ABSTRACT

Intracraneal hypotension headache is a well known syndrome in neurosurgery practice. In most cases cerebrospinal fluid leaks are caused by medical interventions, such as lumbar puncture, peridural anesthesia and surgical interventions on the spine. Clinical symptoms tipically show orthostatic headache that resolves in supine position, and other symptoms like neck tightness, vertigo and diplopia. RMI diagnostic confirms paquimeningeal enhancement and subdural hygromas. Conservative treatment usually includes bed resting, hydratation and administration of caffeine or glucocorticoids, resolving spontaneously in one to four months. The importance of the diagnosis lies in the differential diagnosis with other causes of headache, as symptomatic limiting factor in the rehabilitation of the patient and the same favorable prognosis.


Subject(s)
Headache/etiology , Intracranial Hypotension/complications , Lumbar Vertebrae/surgery , Pain, Postoperative/etiology , Spinal Stenosis/surgery , Headache/cerebrospinal fluid , Headache/therapy , Humans , Intracranial Hypotension/cerebrospinal fluid , Intracranial Hypotension/therapy , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Meningocele/diagnostic imaging , Meningocele/etiology , Middle Aged , Pain, Postoperative/cerebrospinal fluid , Pain, Postoperative/therapy , Treatment Outcome
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Medicina (B Aires) ; 66(5): 447-9, 2006.
Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17137176

ABSTRACT

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is an infrequent clinical entity characterized by orthostatic headache, low cerebrospinal fluid pressure, and magnetic resonance imaging findings of diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement without previous history of head trauma or lumbar puncture. A 24 year-old healthy woman was referred after having daily headaches for two weeks. She described a headache that occurred soon after assuming an upright position and disappeared after resuming a recumbent position. The cerebrospinal fluid showed pleocytosis primarily lymphocitic, raised protein content and an opening pressure of 20 mm H2O. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head showed diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement. Radioisotope cisternography using 99mTc-DTPA confirmed the cerebrospinal fluid leak in the thoracic region. With conservative treatment the patient improved in a few days and the headache disappeared. Radiological findings, together with a compatible clinical condition, help to establish the diagnosis of spontaneous intracranial hypotension and avoid the use of unnecessary clinical investigations.


Subject(s)
Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure , Headache Disorders/cerebrospinal fluid , Intracranial Hypotension/cerebrospinal fluid , Adult , Female , Gadolinium , Headache Disorders/etiology , Humans , Intracranial Hypotension/diagnosis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Meninges/diagnostic imaging , Posture/physiology , Radionuclide Imaging , Radiopharmaceuticals , Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Medicina (B.Aires) ; Medicina (B.Aires);66(5): 447-449, 2006. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-451713

ABSTRACT

El síndrome de hipotensión intracraneal espontánea constituye una entidad clínica cuya principal manifestaciónes la cefalea ortostática. Esta se acompaña de un descenso en la presión del líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) y un realce difuso de las paquimeninges evidenciable en la resonancia magnéticaencefálica, sin que medie historia de trauma craneoencefálico o punción lumbar. Mujer de 24 años de edad sinantecedentes de importancia y cefalea holocraneana de carácter opresivo de 15 días de evolución. La mismase exacerbaba con la bipedestación y cedía con el decúbito. En la punción lumbar se observó pleocitosis apredominio linfocítico, hiperproteinorraquia y abundantes glóbulos rojos, siendo la presión de apertura del LCR de 20 mm H2O. La resonancia magnética encefálica mostró un realce paquimeníngeo difuso luego de la administración del gadolinio. La cisternografía radioisotópica con tecnecio 99 señaló el sitio de pérdida de LCR a nivel dorsal alto, confirmándose la sospecha diagnóstica de hipotensión intracraneal espontánea. La pacienterecibió tratamiento médico conservador con evolución clínica favorable. Los hallazgos en los exámenes complementarios y las características clínicas de la cefalea, permitirán confirmar el diagnóstico de hipotensiónintracraneal espontánea, evitando de esta manera la realización de procedimientos innecesarios


Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is an infrequent clinical entity characterized by orthostatic headache, low cerebrospinal fluid pressure, and magnetic resonance imaging findings of diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement without previous history of head trauma or lumbar puncture. A 24 year-old healthy woman was referred after having daily headaches for twoweeks. She described a headache that occurred soon after assuming an upright position and disappeared afterresuming a recumbent position. The cerebrospinal fluid showed pleocytosis primarily lymphocitic, raised proteincontent and an opening pressure of 20 mm H2O. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head showed diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement. Radioisotope cisternography using 99mTc-DTPA confirmed the cerebrospinalfluid leak in the thoracic region. With conservative treatment the patient improved in a few days and theheadache disappeared. Radiological findings, together with a compatible clinical condition, help to establish thediagnosis of spontaneous intracranial hypotension and avoid the use of unnecessary clinical investigations


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adult , Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure , Intracranial Hypotension/cerebrospinal fluid , Brain/pathology , Chelating Agents , Gadolinium , Headache/diagnosis , Headache/etiology , Intracranial Hypotension/diagnosis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Meninges , Posture/physiology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Medicina (B.Aires) ; Medicina (B.Aires);66(5): 447-449, 2006. ilus
Article in Spanish | BINACIS | ID: bin-123193

ABSTRACT

El síndrome de hipotensión intracraneal espontánea constituye una entidad clínica cuya principal manifestaciónes la cefalea ortostática. Esta se acompaña de un descenso en la presión del líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) y un realce difuso de las paquimeninges evidenciable en la resonancia magnéticaencefálica, sin que medie historia de trauma craneoencefálico o punción lumbar. Mujer de 24 años de edad sinantecedentes de importancia y cefalea holocraneana de carácter opresivo de 15 días de evolución. La mismase exacerbaba con la bipedestación y cedía con el decúbito. En la punción lumbar se observó pleocitosis apredominio linfocítico, hiperproteinorraquia y abundantes glóbulos rojos, siendo la presión de apertura del LCR de 20 mm H2O. La resonancia magnética encefálica mostró un realce paquimeníngeo difuso luego de la administración del gadolinio. La cisternografía radioisotópica con tecnecio 99 señaló el sitio de pérdida de LCR a nivel dorsal alto, confirmándose la sospecha diagnóstica de hipotensión intracraneal espontánea. La pacienterecibió tratamiento médico conservador con evolución clínica favorable. Los hallazgos en los exámenes complementarios y las características clínicas de la cefalea, permitirán confirmar el diagnóstico de hipotensiónintracraneal espontánea, evitando de esta manera la realización de procedimientos innecesarios (AU)


Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is an infrequent clinical entity characterized by orthostatic headache, low cerebrospinal fluid pressure, and magnetic resonance imaging findings of diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement without previous history of head trauma or lumbar puncture. A 24 year-old healthy woman was referred after having daily headaches for twoweeks. She described a headache that occurred soon after assuming an upright position and disappeared afterresuming a recumbent position. The cerebrospinal fluid showed pleocytosis primarily lymphocitic, raised proteincontent and an opening pressure of 20 mm H2O. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head showed diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement. Radioisotope cisternography using 99mTc-DTPA confirmed the cerebrospinalfluid leak in the thoracic region. With conservative treatment the patient improved in a few days and theheadache disappeared. Radiological findings, together with a compatible clinical condition, help to establish thediagnosis of spontaneous intracranial hypotension and avoid the use of unnecessary clinical investigations (AU)


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adult , Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure , Intracranial Hypotension/cerebrospinal fluid , Brain/pathology , Chelating Agents/diagnosis , Gadolinium/diagnosis , Headache/diagnosis , Headache/etiology , Intracranial Hypotension/diagnosis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Meninges/diagnostic imaging , Posture/physiology , Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Medicina (B.Aires) ; Medicina (B.Aires);66(5): 447-449, 2006. ilus
Article in Spanish | BINACIS | ID: bin-119122

ABSTRACT

El síndrome de hipotensión intracraneal espontánea constituye una entidad clínica cuya principal manifestaciónes la cefalea ortostática. Esta se acompaña de un descenso en la presión del líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) y un realce difuso de las paquimeninges evidenciable en la resonancia magnéticaencefálica, sin que medie historia de trauma craneoencefálico o punción lumbar. Mujer de 24 años de edad sinantecedentes de importancia y cefalea holocraneana de carácter opresivo de 15 días de evolución. La mismase exacerbaba con la bipedestación y cedía con el decúbito. En la punción lumbar se observó pleocitosis apredominio linfocítico, hiperproteinorraquia y abundantes glóbulos rojos, siendo la presión de apertura del LCR de 20 mm H2O. La resonancia magnética encefálica mostró un realce paquimeníngeo difuso luego de la administración del gadolinio. La cisternografía radioisotópica con tecnecio 99 señaló el sitio de pérdida de LCR a nivel dorsal alto, confirmándose la sospecha diagnóstica de hipotensión intracraneal espontánea. La pacienterecibió tratamiento médico conservador con evolución clínica favorable. Los hallazgos en los exámenes complementarios y las características clínicas de la cefalea, permitirán confirmar el diagnóstico de hipotensiónintracraneal espontánea, evitando de esta manera la realización de procedimientos innecesarios (AU)


Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is an infrequent clinical entity characterized by orthostatic headache, low cerebrospinal fluid pressure, and magnetic resonance imaging findings of diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement without previous history of head trauma or lumbar puncture. A 24 year-old healthy woman was referred after having daily headaches for twoweeks. She described a headache that occurred soon after assuming an upright position and disappeared afterresuming a recumbent position. The cerebrospinal fluid showed pleocytosis primarily lymphocitic, raised proteincontent and an opening pressure of 20 mm H2O. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head showed diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement. Radioisotope cisternography using 99mTc-DTPA confirmed the cerebrospinalfluid leak in the thoracic region. With conservative treatment the patient improved in a few days and theheadache disappeared. Radiological findings, together with a compatible clinical condition, help to establish thediagnosis of spontaneous intracranial hypotension and avoid the use of unnecessary clinical investigations (AU)


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adult , Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure , Intracranial Hypotension/cerebrospinal fluid , Brain/pathology , Chelating Agents/diagnosis , Gadolinium/diagnosis , Headache/diagnosis , Headache/etiology , Intracranial Hypotension/diagnosis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Meninges/diagnostic imaging , Posture/physiology , Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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