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American Journal of Neuroradiology 21:787-789 (4 2000)
© 2000 American Society of Neuroradiology

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Giant Cervical Epidural Veins after Lumbar Puncture in a Case of Intracranial Hypotension

Franck Clarot^,a, Françoise Callonnec^a, Françoise Douvrin^a, Didier Hannequin^a, Jacques Simonet^a, Bernard Proust^a and Jacques Thiébot^a

^a From the Departments of Radiology (F.Cl., F.Ca., F.D., J.T.) and Neurology (D.H., B.P.), Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.

Summary: A 29-year-old woman presented with dilated epidural veins and incapacitating headache after undergoing a lumbar puncture. Two months later, the results of follow-up MR imaging were normal. These findings suggest that temporary dilation of the epidural vein may occur in association with post-lumbar puncture intracranial hypotension syndrome. In these cases, it seems useful to confirm whether the patient has recently undergone a lumbar puncture.

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