The role of computerized tomography-myelography in a patient with spontaneous intracranial hypotension from multiple cerebrospinal fluid leaks

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 831-833

  Benzon, Honorio T ^a   Jabri, Rasha S ^a   Walker, Matthew T ^a   Mizuno, Eric T ^a   Huser, Christopher J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography myelography; Epidural blood patch; Headache; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

DYE; ROFECOXIB;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BED REST; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CISTERNOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MYELOGRAPHY; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750302891     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000210928.35569.ad     Document Type: Article

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