title: Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leakage after motor vehicle accident.
abstract: Two patients presented with spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage manifesting as chronic disabling headache and other symptoms after motor vehicle accidents. Combined radioisotope cisternography and computed tomography myelography confirmed the presence of the spinal leaks in the lumbar spine. Radioisotope cisternography has limited spatial resolution, so there is persistent and probably unfair mistrust in its reliability. The present 2 cases confirmed the diagnosis and support the causal relationship between motor vehicle accidents and spinal CSF leakage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital Organization Fukuyama Medical Center, Fukuyama, Hiroshime, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome