Spontan İntrakraniyal Hipotansiyon Tanılı Olguda Tekrarlanan Epidural Kan Yaması Tedavisi
Spontan intrakraniyal hipotansiyon (SİH) herhangi bir travmatik girişim olmaksızın ortaya çıkan beyin omurilik sıvısı (BOS) basıncındaki (< 6 cmH2 O) düşüş ve postural baş ağrısı ile karakterize klinik bir tablodur. SİH’ın ortaya çıkış nedeni tam olarak bilinmemekle birlikte, büyük oranda spinal meninkslerdeki konnektif dokunun yapısal bozukluğu sorumlu tutulmaktadır. Orta-ileri yaşlı kadınlarda daha sıklıkla görülmektedir. Boyun ağrısı, bulantı-kusma, diplopi, kraniyal nöropatiler, vertigo, tinnitus, fotofobi, nistagmus ve işitme bozuklukları gibi nörolojik semptomlar baş ağrısına eşlik edebilmektedir. Kraniyal MR görüntüleme (MRG)’de pakimeningeal kontrast tutulumu ve beyin dokusunun aşağı doğru yer değiştirmesi tanıda önemlidir. Tedavi, sırasıyla konservatif yöntemler (yatak istirahatı, sıvı replasmanı, kafein), epidural kan yaması ve cerrahi yöntemlerden oluşmaktadır. Bu makalede, konservatif yöntemler ile tedavi edilemeyen SİH olgusundaki epidural kan yaması uygulamasını literatürler eşliğinde sunulmuştur.
Repeated Blood Patch Treatment in a Patient With Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is characterized by low cerebrospinal fluid pressure (
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