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Abstract

To increase the awareness of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), we report in this paper a middle-aged woman who presented with an intractable headache that worsened in sitting and standing positions (a postural headache). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine demonstrated a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak at the level of the cervical spine, in addition to typical features in a brain MRI, including symmetrical subdural collections, circumferential dural enhancement and features of midbrain sagging. The patient underwent a surgical repair of the cervical CSF leak which resulted in a dramatic symptomatic improvement that was confirmed by follow-up imaging.


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Hypotension spontaneous intracranial Cerebrospinal Fluid Hematoma subdural Case Report Oman.

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Al-Brashdi, Y. H., Raniga, S., & Revati, S. R. (2013). Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension with Magnetic Resonance Localisation of Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 13(4), 611–615. Retrieved from https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/1876

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