title: Severe spontaneous intracranial hypotension and Marfan syndrome in an adolescent.
abstract: We describe a 14-year-old girl with Marfan syndrome who presented with severe postural headache. Dural ectasia was demonstrated radiologically. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure was immeasurable on formal measurement. Radionucleide cisternography failed to demonstrate a CSF leak. We consider that the underlying fibrillinopathy in Marfan syndrome rendered the dura sufficiently permeable to CSF leakage to cause the low CSF pressure headache. The patient was treated successfully with epidural autologous blood patch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Milledge
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Ades
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaumees
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onikul
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography