• World Neurosurg · Oct 2019

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    Spontaneous intracranial hypotension presenting as cervicogenic headache: case report and review of literature.

    • Nishal K Primalani, Terence J Quek, Low David C Y DCY Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute SingHealth Duke-NUS Neuroscience Academic Clinical Program, Singapore., and Low Sharon Y Y SYY Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute SingHealth Duke-NUS Neuroscience Academic Clinical Program, Singapore. Electronic address: .
    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore.
    • World Neurosurg. 2019 Oct 1; 130: 550-554.

    BackgroundSpontaneous intracranial hypotension is uncommon. There is a lack of understanding of its exact pathophysiology along with significant variability in its clinical management.Case DescriptionThe authors report the case of a previously well man with cervicogenic headache associated with magnetic resonance imaging features of intracranial hypotension. The salient features of this case include the details of various treatments prescribed for his condition and the therapeutic difficulties encountered.ConclusionOwing to the infrequency of the diagnosis, the challenges of clinical management for this patient are discussed in relationship to current literature. Next, the highlights of this unusual case in an individual add to the growing body of literature reports for better understanding of this disease.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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