Orthostatic headache as the presenting symptom of cervical spine metastasis.
Orthostatic headache is a key symptom of intracranial hypotension; however, not all orthostatic headaches are caused by cerebrospinal fluid leaks leading to intracranial hypotension. We report here the unusual case of a 68-year-old man presenting with orthostatic headache in which compression of the C3 spinal nerve root by metastatic tumor invasion may contribute to the development of his orthostatic headache.
Kim
Ji Hyun
JH
Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Guro-Ku, Seoul, Korea.
Choi
Jeong-Yoon
JY
Kim
Ho-Jung
HJ
Oh
Kyungmi
K
D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed