Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: an unrecognized diagnosis
Bibes, B.éa.; Anxionnat, R.é; Ducrocq, X.; Thuillier, L.; Schuhmacher, H.él.èn.; Rabaud, C.; May, T.
Annales de Medecine Interne 153(2): 133-135
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-410X PMID: 12037496 Document Number: 550994
We report an observation of spontaneous intracranial hypotension occurring in a 32-year-old man. The diagnosis of intracranial hypotension is easy in a suggestive context: after a lumbar puncture or a diversion of CSF. Clinical and CSF cytological features can mimic chronic meningitis leading to false diagnosis and erroneous therapeutic. Magnetic resonance imaging allows diagnosis. This uncommon and benign pathology must be better known.