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Title
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension presenting as a reversible dorsal midbrain syndrome.
Publication Date
2008-12-01
Author(s)
Fedi, Marco
Cantello, Roberto
Shuey, Neil H
Mitchell, L Anne
Comi, Cristoforo
Monaco, Francesco
Versino, Maurizio
Type of document
Journal Article
DOI
10.1097/WNO.0b013e31818eb48d
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.
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Citation
Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology : the Official Journal of the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society; 28(4): 289-92
Jornal Title
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society

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