Rapid Reduction of Syrinx Associated With Traumatic Intracranial Hypotension by Direct Surgery Case Report

• Published in: Neurologia medico-chirurgica Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 66 - 70
• Main Authors: OHTONARI, Tatsuya, NISHIHARA, Nobuharu, OTA, Taisei, KOBANAWA, Satoshi, OTA, Shinzo, DANJO, Wataru, KOYAMA, Tsunemaro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japan Neurosurgical Society 2009
• Subjects: Accidental Falls; Arachnoid Cysts - etiology; Arachnoid Cysts - pathology; Dura Mater - injuries; Dura Mater - pathology; Dura Mater - surgery; epidural blood patch; Female; Headache Disorders - etiology; Humans; intracranial hypotension; Intracranial Hypotension - etiology; Intracranial Hypotension - pathology; Intracranial Hypotension - physiopathology; Laminectomy; Lumbar Vertebrae - injuries; Lumbar Vertebrae - pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neurosurgical Procedures; Spinal Nerve Roots - injuries; Spinal Nerve Roots - pathology; surgery; syringomyelia; Syringomyelia - etiology; Syringomyelia - pathology; Syringomyelia - physiopathology; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Wounds and Injuries - complications; Young Adult

A woman in her early twenties presented with cerebellar tonsillar herniation with syrinx in the cervicothoracic spinal cord manifesting as postural headache after suffering trauma to the hip. She was treated under a diagnosis of traumatic intracranial hypotension. Cranial magnetic resonance (MR) ima...