title: Collapsed superior ophthalmic veins in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
abstract: 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.
authors: 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.
authors: W-T
authors: WT
authors: Chen
authors: J-L
authors: JL
authors: Fuh
authors: J-F
authors: JF
authors: Lirng
authors: S-R
authors: SR
authors: Lu
authors: Z-A
authors: ZA
authors: Wu
authors: S-J
authors: SJ
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: 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*