Spontaneous intracranial hypotension causing confusion and coma: a headache for the neurologist and the neurosurgeon

W Whiteley; R Al-Shahi; L Myles; C J Lueck

doi:10.1080/02688690310001611251

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension causing confusion and coma: a headache for the neurologist and the neurosurgeon

Br J Neurosurg. 2003 Oct;17(5):456-8. doi: 10.1080/02688690310001611251.

Authors

W Whiteley¹, R Al-Shahi, L Myles, C J Lueck

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. ww@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk

PMID: 14635752
DOI: 10.1080/02688690310001611251

Abstract

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension presenting with confusion and coma has rarely been reported. A case is presented and the clinical features of spontaneous intracranial hypotension are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coma / etiology*
Confusion / etiology*
Hematoma, Subdural / etiology
Humans
Intracranial Hypotension / complications*
Intracranial Hypotension / surgery
Intracranial Pressure / physiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Subdural Effusion / etiology