Delayed diagnosis, due to the associated radiological abnormalities, of spontaneous intracranial hypotension caused by cerebrospinal fluid leakage at C1 - 2

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-294

  Joo, Won Il ^a,b   Lee, Kyung Jin ^a   Rha, Hyung Keun ^a   Park, Hae Kwan ^a   Chough, Jeung Ki ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Subdural collection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949118568     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701790597     Document Type: Article

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