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

Franck ClarotGo,a, Françoise Callonneca, Françoise Douvrina, Didier Hannequina, Jacques Simoneta, Bernard Prousta and Jacques Thiébota

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.



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  		FIG 1. MR images show no intracranial abnormalities.

A, Sagittal spin-echo T1-weighted MR image.

B, Frontal spin-echo T1-weighted MR image with contrast enhancement.

FIG 2. Axial spin-echo proton density–weighted MR image shows bilateral giant epidural cervical venous plexus.



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  		FIG 3. Contrast-enhanced CT scans show epidural vein dilation.

A, Axial view.

B, Frontal view.

FIG 4. Two months later, axial gradient-echo T2-weighted MR images show venous dilation disappearance.





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