Dilation of spinal epidural veins caused by spontaneous intracranial hypotension: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 404-406

  Nakahara, Kuniaki ^a,c   Iida, Hideo ^a   Mitomi, Tetsuo ^b   Ohsawa, Shigeyuki ^a   Utsuki, Satoshi ^a   Simizu, Satoru ^a   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b International Goodwill Hospital   (Japan)

^c International Goodwill Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extradural vein; Spinal angiography; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; VEIN DILATATION;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; VEINS;

EID: 24744438040     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.404     Document Type: Article

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