title: Orthostatic headache as the presenting symptom of cervical spine metastasis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Guro-Ku, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong-Yoon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Ho-Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyungmi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: 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