[Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: an unrecognized diagnosis].
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.
Bibes
Béatrice
B
Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hopitauxde Brabois, allee du Morvan, Nancy, France. bib.nic@wanadoo.fr
Anxionnat
René
R
Ducrocq
Xavier
X
Thuillier
Laurence
L
Schuhmacher
Hélène
H
Rabaud
Christian
C
May
Thierry
T
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male