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01-12-2014 | Meeting abstract
EHMTI-0385. Dynamic ultrasound of the optic nerve sheath diameter in patients with orthostatic headaches: a new diagnostic tool in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension
Authors:
J Beck, J Fichtner, CT Ulrich, C Fung, P Schucht, A Jilch, A Raabe
Published in:
The Journal of Headache and Pain
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) caused by cerebrospinal fluid leakage commonly presents with orthostatic headache. We hypothesize that positional changes, i.e. a decrease of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) occur from supine to upright position in symptomatic patients with orthostatic headaches. We performed an ultrasound study investigating whether there are positional changes in ONSD in symptomatic patients suffering orthostatic headaches. …