Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH): differential diagnosis

Evidence-based neurology checklist on spontaneous intracranial hypotension (sih): differential diagnosis: Causes of low CSF pressure headache Post lumbar puncture headache (PLPH) Spinal CSF venous fistula Causes of orthostatic headache

Causes of low CSF pressure headache

  • Post lumbar puncture headache (PLPH)
  • Spinal CSF venous fistula

Causes of orthostatic headache

References

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  4. Kumar N, Diehn FE, Carr CM, et al. Spinal CSF venous fistula: a treatable etiology for CSF leaks in craniospinal hypovolemia. Neurology 2016; 86:2310-2312. 
  5. Schievink WI, Moser FG, Maya MM, Prasad RS. Digital subtraction myelography for the identification of spontaneous spinal CSF-venous fistulas. J Neurosurg Spine 2016; 24:960-964.
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