Spontaneous intracranial hypotension causing confusion and coma: a headache for the neurologist and the neurosurgeon.
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension presenting with confusion and coma has rarely been reported. A case is presented and the clinical features of spontaneous intracranial hypotension are discussed.
Whiteley
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W
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. ww@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk
Al-Shahi
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R
Myles
L
L
Lueck
C J
CJ
D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology*; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology*; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000209:etiology