title: Intracranial hypertension and intracranial hypotension causing headache in the same patient.
abstract: Intracranial hypertension and intracranial hypotension are on the opposite end of the intracranial pressure spectra. It is extremely uncommon for both to cause headache in the same patient within a span of several days. This report describes a young man with intracranial hypertension who developed a severe excruciating headache due to intracranial hypotension after a diagnostic lumbar puncture. It is paradoxical that lumbar puncture, which is supposed to be a treatment option for patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, leads to headache due to intracranial hypotension.
authors: Departments of Internal Medicine (Panikkath, Lado-Abeal) and Anesthesiology (Welker, Johnston), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas.
authors: Ragesh
authors: R
authors: Panikkath
authors: Departments of Internal Medicine (Panikkath, Lado-Abeal) and Anesthesiology (Welker, Johnston), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Welker
authors: Departments of Internal Medicine (Panikkath, Lado-Abeal) and Anesthesiology (Welker, Johnston), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas.
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Johnston
authors: Departments of Internal Medicine (Panikkath, Lado-Abeal) and Anesthesiology (Welker, Johnston), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas.
authors: Joaquin
authors: J
authors: Lado-Abeal