A case of spontaneous intracranial hypotension with typical magnetic resonance images

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-46

  Trappolini, Massimo ^a,b   Clarice, Alessandra ^a   Scorza, Alfredo ^a   Angrisani, Lucia ^a   Trappolini, Federica ^a   Rocchietti March, Massimiliano ^a   Proietta, Maria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hygroma; Pachymeningeal enhancement; Postural headache; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHENAZONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GADOLINIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; REMISSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STANDING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 33644787300     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-005-0247-1     Document Type: Article

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