Intracranial hypotension: aggravation of headache at high altitude.
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is an increasingly recognized disorder, often, although not always, characterized by the triad of low-opening cerebrospinal fluid pressure on lumbar puncture, postural headache, and diffuse parenchymal meningeal enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging of the head. We describe an unusual case of a patient with spontaneous intracranial hypotension presenting with postural headache and tinnitus, aggravated at high altitudes.
Batsis
John A
JA
Department of Medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Phy
Michael P
MP
D000368:Aged; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000150:complications*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology