Spontaneous intracranial hypotension syndrome may mimic aseptic meningitis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 481-488

  Balkan, Ilker Inanc ^a   Albayram, Sait ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^a   Yilmaz, Mehmet Halit ^a   Ozbayrak, Mustafa ^a   Mete, Bilgul ^a   Yemisen, Mucahit ^a   Tabak, Fehmi ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Epidural blood patch; Intracranial hypotension; Orthostatic headache

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; ATAXIA; BACKACHE; BED REST; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONVULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DYSARTHRIA; DYSGEUSIA; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYELOGRAPHY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STIFF NECK; SYNCOPE; TINNITUS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862510105     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.664776     Document Type: Review

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