Meningeal enhancement and low CSF pressure headache. An MRI study.
A 34-year-old woman developed severe and incapacitating positional headaches two weeks following a minor head trauma. Lumbar punctures demonstrated unmeasurable or very low CSF pressures. Gadolinium-enhanced cranial MRI showed diffuse enhancement of thickened meninges, suggesting inflammation. One year later, MRI was normal.
Sable
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Cerebrovascular Disease Laboratory, Center for Stroke Research, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital and Health Science Center, Detroit, MI 48202-2689.
Ramadan
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D000328:Adult; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology*