Spontaneous intracranial hypotension presenting as a reversible dorsal midbrain syndrome

Marco Fedi, Roberto Cantello, Neil H. Shuey, L. Anne Mitchell, Cristoforo Comi, Francesco Monaco, Maurizio Versino

Risultato della ricerca: Contributo su rivistaArticolo in rivistapeer review

Abstract

A 47-year-old woman with postural headache, episodic stupor, and vertical gaze palsy had brain imaging findings consistent with spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), including severe descent of the mesodiencephalic structures and diffuse pachymeningeal enhancement. The source of the cerebrospinal fluid leakage was a ruptured dorsal perineural cyst. Clinical symptoms improved after a targeted epidural blood patch was performed. Dorsal midbrain syndrome has not been reported previously as a manifestation of SIH. Perhaps distortion of structures in this brain region can occur in SIH as it does in obstructive hydrocephalus.

Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)289-292
Numero di pagine4
RivistaJournal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
Volume28
Numero di pubblicazione4
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - dic 2008

Fingerprint

Entra nei temi di ricerca di 'Spontaneous intracranial hypotension presenting as a reversible dorsal midbrain syndrome'. Insieme formano una fingerprint unica.

Cita questo