PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Berroir, S.
AU  - Loisel, B.
AU  - Ducros, A.
AU  - Boukobza, M.
AU  - Tzourio, C.
AU  - Valade, D.
AU  - Bousser, M-G.
TI  - Early epidural blood patch in spontaneous intracranial hypotension
AID  - 10.1212/01.WNL.0000144339.34733.E9
DP  - 2004 Nov 23
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1950--1951
VI  - 63
IP  - 10
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/63/10/1950.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/63/10/1950.full
SO  - Neurology2004 Nov 23; 63
AB  - Thirty patients with a typical orthostatic headache were treated by early lumbar epidural blood patch (EBP) without previously performing lumbar puncture or identifying a CSF leak and with or without typical MRI changes. A complete cure was obtained in 77% of patients after one (57%) or two (20%) EBPs. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension with typical orthostatic headache can be diagnosed without lumbar puncture and can be cured by early EBP in a majority of patients.