title: Congenital predisposition to spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a case report.
abstract: Dural rupture, cerebrospinal fluid leakage, and spontaneous intracranial hypotension may complicate significant or minimal spinal trauma and cause chronic headache with a positional component. While such cases typically reflect no pre-existing predilection, we encountered a patient whose cervicothoracic anatomy appeared to predispose him to this complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ontachi
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakajiri
authors.forename: Sohtaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hidesaku
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asakura
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000293:injuries; D009192:Myelography; D012421:Rupture