• Clinical imaging · Jul 2013

    Case Reports

    Spontaneous intracranial hypotension from calcified thoracic disc protrusions causing CSF leak successfully treated with targeted epidural blood patch.

    • Andrew M Allmendinger and Thomas C Lee.
    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. amallmendinger@gmail.com
    • Clin Imaging. 2013 Jul 1;37(4):756-61.

    AbstractSpontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are increasingly recognized in patients presenting with orthostatic headache and ultimately diagnosed with intracranial hypotension. While the precise cause of these spontaneous leaks is unknown, it is thought to result from underlying weakness in the spinal meninges and may be associated with meningeal diverticula or Tarlov cysts. Rarely, calcified intervertebral discs or bony osteophytes can result in CSF leakage, which has been described in the surgery literature but not well recognized in the radiology literature. The authors present three cases of patients presenting with CSF leaks from calcified thoracic disc protrusions that were successfully treated with epidural blood patches.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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