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Normal pressure form of the spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a case report with pituitary enlargement and asymptomatic pituitary haemorrhage.
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PMID:  21484357     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is a rare condition caused by spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak and volume depletion. It is initially misdiagnosed as a cause of an orthostatic headache, which is the most important symptom of the syndrome. It can be presented as one of four types: classic form, normal pressure form, normal pachymeninges form and acephalgic form. The diagnosis is made based on the clinical presentation, physical examination, typical cerebrospinal fluid and magnetic resonance imaging findings. We present a case of a 29-year-old woman with uncommon normal pressure form of the spontaneous intracranial hypotension, characterized by normal cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure, and typical clinical and magnetic resonance imaging findings, including the finding of pituitary gland enlargement with asymptomatic pituitary haemorrhage as an unusual complication.
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Martina Spero; Ines Lazibat; Maristela Stojic; Hrvoje Vavro
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-4-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1590-3478     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
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Created Date:  2011-4-12     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  100959175     Medline TA:  Neurol Sci     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Suska 6, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia, martina.spero@kbd.hr.
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