Spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks as the cause of subdural hematomas in elderly patients on anticoagulation: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-299

  Schievink, Wouter I ^a   Maya, M Marcel ^b   Pikul, Brian K ^c   Louy, Charles ^b  

^a Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Headache; Intracranial hypotension; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149085172     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.10.JNS08428     Document Type: Article

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