title: [Idiopathic Intracranial Hypotension].
abstract: Idiopathic intracranial hypotension (hypovolemia) is almost exclusively provoked by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage through spontaneously rent dural sac. An initial clinical feature of a severe headache with or without nausea/vomiting should be differentiated from a life-threatening stroke. An early diagnosis and proper therapy may guarantee a good outcome, while delays may promote complicated manifestations and irreversible poor outcome in a few patients. In this article, neuro-imaging studies of some demonstrable cases are presented and the outlets of the spinal CSF and spinal CSF pathways are shown with immunohistological staining.
authors.affiliation: Aoi Clinic.
authors.forename: Iwao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: Satoshi O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwaki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D065634:Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome