RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intracranial Hypotension as a Cause of Radiculopathy from Cervical Epidural Venous Engorgement: Case Report
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 618
OP 621
VO 23
IS 4
A1 Sait Albayram
A1 Bruce A. Wasserman
A1 David M. Yousem
A1 Robert Wityk
YR 2002
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/4/618.abstract
AB Summary: We describe the case of a 40-year-old man with spontaneous intracranial hypotension who presented with cervical radiculopathy associated with epidural venous engorgement. Epidural venous engorgement can occur secondary to intracranial hypotension and manifests intracranially as pachymeningeal venous engorgement. In the cervical spine, two cases of epidural venous engorgement due to intracranial hypotension have been reported in the literature, and neither patient presented with symptoms related to nerve compression. Epidural venous engorgement should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an enhancing epidural mass in the cervical spine. Diagnostic clues include sparing of the anterior midline and posterior aspects of the epidural space and, if present, pulsation artifact.