Yahya ÇELİK, Aslan TEKATAŞ, Sait ALBAYRAM, Ayşegül GÜNDÜZ, Talip ASİL, Ercüment ÜNLÜ, Hatice KÖSE ÖZLECE

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension presenting with coma: a case report and literature review

Spontan intrakraniyal hipotansiyon (SİH) kafa travması ve lomber ponksiyon öyküsü olmaksızın ortastatik başağrısı, beyin omurilik sıvısı (BOS) basınç değişikliği ve sinir sistemi görüntülemesi ile karakterize bir tablodur. Altmış iki yaşında ikidört hafta içinde ilerleyici kognitif yıkımla prezente olan erkek hastaya BOS basıncı ve sinir sistemi görüntülemesi sonuçlarına gore SİH tanısı konuldu ve konservatif olarak tedavisi yapıldı. Spontan intrakraniyal hipotansiyon oldukça nadir olarak koma ile de prezente olabilir.

Koma ile prezente olan spontan intrakraniyal hipotansiyon: Olgu sunumu ve literatürün gözden geçirilmesi

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is characterized by orthostatic headache in the absence of a history of head trauma or lumbar puncture, and diagnosis is confirmed by a specific cerebrospinal fluid pressure and neuroimaging findings. It rarely presents with coma. A 62-year-old man presented with progressive cognitive decline of 2 to 4 weeks duration. He was diag- nosed with spontaneous intracranial hypotension according to cerebrospinal fluid pressure and neuroimaging findings, and treated conservatively.

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