Spontaneous craniospinal hypotension.
Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak has been called "spontaneous intracranial hypotension," emphasizing the intracranial symptoms and imaging findings. We present a patient with spontaneous CSF leak whose initial spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were thought to represent epidural tumor or infection. Subsequent MRI examinations showed an improvement of both intracranial and spinal CSF hypotension findings coinciding with clinical symptom resolution. We propose the term "spontaneous craniospinal hypotension" to better emphasize this syndrome's unifying intracranial and spinal pathophysiology and imaging findings.
Weindling
Steven M
SM
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA. weindling.steven@mayo.edu
Kotsenas
Amy L
AL
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged