MRI MENINGEAL ENHANCEMENT WITH INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION CAUSED BY LUMBAR PUNCTURE

Authors
KRAUSE I KORNREICH L WALDMAN D GARTY BZ
Citation
I. Krause et al., MRI MENINGEAL ENHANCEMENT WITH INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION CAUSED BY LUMBAR PUNCTURE, Pediatric neurology, 16(2), 1997, pp. 163-165
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08878994
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
163 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-8994(1997)16:2<163:MMEWIH>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A 12-year-old girl with recent history of pseudotumor cerebri develope d severe postural headache due to intracranial hypotension after lumba r puncture. Meningeal enhancement and thickening were demonstrated on magnetic resonance imaging. Repeated imaging 3 months later disclosed no abnormalities. This is the first report of a child with evident men ingeal enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging related to lumbar pun cture. (C) 1997 by Elsevier Science Inc.