Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: Case report with subdural hematomas, steroid dependency and clinical improvement after myelography

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-90

  Platz, J ^a,c   Glucker T ^b   Gratzl, O ^a   Woydt, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Institut fur Radiologie   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension; Steroid dependency; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEROID THERAPY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447624685     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-977738     Document Type: Article

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