Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Associated with Simultaneous Rupture of Multiple Perineural Cysts

Feng Chi Chang, Jiing Feno Lirng*, Shing Su Chen, Chao Bao Luo, Wan Yuo Guo, Michael Mu-Huo Teng, Cheng Yen Chang

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Abstract

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is often considered as a cause of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) but are not commonly demonstrated radiographically. We report a patient with a 3-week severe postural headache due to SIH whose CT-myelogram showed simultaneous rupture of multiple perineural cysts at different levels of the thoracolumbar spine. Some typical MR pictures of the brain including diffuse meningeal enhancement and descent of the brain were also found. The signs and symptoms and MRI findings of the brain resolved after lumbar epidural blood patching injection.

Translated title of the contribution自發性顱內低壓合併多發性神經根周圍囊種同時破裂
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-170
Number of pages4
JournalChinese Journal of Radiology
Volume24
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1 Aug 1999

Keywords

  • Head, MR
  • Myelography
  • Cerebrospinal fluid, leakage
  • Intracranial hypotension
  • Perineural cysts

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