A classification system of spontaneous spinal CSF leaks

WI Schievink, MM Maya, S Jean-Pierre, M Nuño… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: Spontaneous spinal CSF leaks cause spontaneous intracranial hypotension but
no systematic study of the different types of these CSF leaks has been reported. Based on our …

Spontaneous dissection of the carotid and vertebral arteries

WI Schievink - New England Journal of Medicine, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
When a tear occurs in one of the major arteries in the neck and allows blood to enter the wall
of the artery and split its layers, the result is either stenosis or aneurysmal dilatation of the …

Intracranial aneurysms

WI Schievink - New England Journal of Medicine, 1997 - Mass Medical Soc
Intracranial aneurysms are acquired lesions that are most commonly located at the branching
points of the major arteries coursing through the subarachnoid space at the base of the …

Spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks and intracranial hypotension

WI Schievink - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
ContextSpontaneous intracranial hypotension is caused by spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal
fluid (CSF) leaks and is known for causing orthostatic headaches. It is an important cause …

Surgical treatment of spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks

WI Schievink, VM Morreale, JLD Atkinson… - Journal of …, 1998 - thejns.org
Object. Spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are an increasingly recognized
cause of intracranial hypotension and may require neurosurgical intervention. In the present …

Headache secondary to intracranial hypotension

WI Schievink, CR Deline - Current pain and headache reports, 2014 - Springer
Intracranial hypotension is known to occur as a result of spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
leaking, which may be iatrogenic, traumatic, or spontaneous. Headache is usually, but not …

[HTML][HTML] Recurrent spontaneous cervical-artery dissection

WI Schievink, B Mokri, WM O'Fallon - New England Journal of …, 1994 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid and vertebral arteries is increasingly
recognized as a cause of ischemic stroke in young people. An underlying arteriopathy is …

Spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks and intracranial hypotension

WI Schievink, FB Meyer, JLD Atkinson, B Mokri - Journal of neurosurgery, 1996 - thejns.org
✓ Spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are often implicated as the cause of the syndrome
of spontaneous intracranial hypotension, but they have rarely been demonstrated …

Sudden death from aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

WI Schievink, EFM Wijdicks, JE Parisi, DG Piepgras… - Neurology, 1995 - AAN Enterprises
Article abstract—Some patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) never
reach the hospital alive (“sudden death”) and, although their numbers are significant, they are …

Genetics of intracranial aneurysms

WI Schievink - Neurosurgery, 1997 - journals.lww.com
THE ETIOLOGY AND pathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms are clearly multifactorial, with
genetic factors playing an increasingly recognized role. Intracranial aneurysms have been …