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A Small Leak Will Sink the Brain: Targeted C1-C2 Patching.
World Neurosurgery 2017 May
BACKGROUND: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension syndrome results from spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks. The first treatment of choice consists of lumbar epidural blood patching. If this fails, further imaging is mandatory to explore the possibility of targeted therapy.
CASE DESCRIPTION: We describe a case of a 50-year-old woman who developed spontaneous intracranial hypotension after minor blunt cervical trauma, complicated with bilateral subdural hematomas. Two lumbar epidural blood patches were unsuccessful. Magnetic resonance imaging with intrathecal gadolinium revealed a CSF leak at the C1-C2 level. A targeted blood patch via a percutaneous high thoracic epidural approach was performed, and symptoms disappeared in the immediate postoperative period with a regression of the subdural hematomas on subsequent imaging.
CONCLUSIONS: A targeted epidural blood patch using an epidural catheter represents an elegant approach to a CSF leak at the C1-C2 region and can be successful in treating patients with severe intracranial hypotension syndrome.
CASE DESCRIPTION: We describe a case of a 50-year-old woman who developed spontaneous intracranial hypotension after minor blunt cervical trauma, complicated with bilateral subdural hematomas. Two lumbar epidural blood patches were unsuccessful. Magnetic resonance imaging with intrathecal gadolinium revealed a CSF leak at the C1-C2 level. A targeted blood patch via a percutaneous high thoracic epidural approach was performed, and symptoms disappeared in the immediate postoperative period with a regression of the subdural hematomas on subsequent imaging.
CONCLUSIONS: A targeted epidural blood patch using an epidural catheter represents an elegant approach to a CSF leak at the C1-C2 region and can be successful in treating patients with severe intracranial hypotension syndrome.
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