Sulcal FLAIR hyperintensity after CSF removal in two patients with intracranial hypertension

Milad Yazdani; Seth T Stalcup; Arindam R Chatterjee; Maria G Matheus

doi:10.1016/j.ejro.2018.12.005

Sulcal FLAIR hyperintensity after CSF removal in two patients with intracranial hypertension

Eur J Radiol Open. 2018 Dec 24:6:33-35. doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2018.12.005. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Milad Yazdani¹, Seth T Stalcup¹, Arindam R Chatterjee¹, Maria G Matheus¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology and Radiologic Sciences, Neuroradiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States.

Abstract

Sulcal hyperintensity on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequence is a frequently encountered finding that could be due to an abnormality of cerebrospinal fluid, a secondary finding related to an intracranial pathologic process, or be artifactual or iatrogenic. Here we present two cases of sulcal FLAIR hyperintensity in the setting of intracranial hypotension after CSF removal for intracranial hypertension.

Keywords: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Intracranial hypotension; Sulcal FLAIR signal.

Publication types

Case Reports