Collapsed superior ophthalmic veins in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
The authors measured the average diameter of bilateral superior ophthalmic veins (SOV) in 13 patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) on contrast-enhanced, coronal, T1-weighted MRI. Compared with sex- and age-matched neurology inpatients with normal CSF pressure, the SIH group had a smaller SOV diameter (0.90 vs 1.85 mm, p < 0.001), which partly reversed after treatment (1.09 vs 0.90 mm, p = 0.045, n = 7). Collapsed SOV might provide an additional MRI finding for SIH.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Chutung Veterans HospitalMedical University; and Departments of Neurology (Drs. Chen, Fuh, Wu, and Wang) and Radiology (Dr. Lirng), National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine.
Fuh
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Lirng
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Lu
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Wu
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Wang
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D000328:Adult; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014680:Veins / Q000503:physiopathology*