[Idiopathic Intracranial Hypotension]

Brain Nerve. 2017 Feb;69(2):143-150. doi: 10.11477/mf.1416200654.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Idiopathic intracranial hypotension (hypovolemia) is almost exclusively provoked by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage through spontaneously rent dural sac. An initial clinical feature of a severe headache with or without nausea/vomiting should be differentiated from a life-threatening stroke. An early diagnosis and proper therapy may guarantee a good outcome, while delays may promote complicated manifestations and irreversible poor outcome in a few patients. In this article, neuro-imaging studies of some demonstrable cases are presented and the outlets of the spinal CSF and spinal CSF pathways are shown with immunohistological staining.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / diagnosis*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / therapy
  • Female
  • Headache / diagnosis*
  • Headache / etiology
  • Headache / therapy
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Hypotension / complications
  • Intracranial Hypotension / diagnosis*
  • Intracranial Hypotension / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Cord / pathology*
  • Treatment Outcome