Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Intracranial hypotension
Symptoms
Symptoms may include:
- A headache that is worse when you sit up and improves when you lie down. It may be associated with:
- Light sensitivity
- Nausea
- Neck stiffness
- Drainage of CSF from the ear (rarely)
- Drainage of CSF from the nose (rarely)
Signs and tests
Diagnosis is usually based on your history of injury, surgery, or lumbar puncture.
Tests may include:
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CT scan of the head with contrast dye MRI of the head - Radioisotope test of the CSF to track the leakage
Images
Cerebrospinal fluid leak
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CSF leak Treatment
Review Date: 09/26/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of
Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David
Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
