A case of headache and idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis drastically improved after CSF tapping

Headache. 2016 Jan;56(1):176-7. doi: 10.1111/head.12735. Epub 2015 Dec 21.

Authors

Ester Reggio¹, Claudia Giliberto¹, Giuseppe Sortino², Mario Zappia¹

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate G.F. Ingrassia, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
² Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Radiology Unit, Universitary Hospital Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy.

PMID: 26790851
DOI: 10.1111/head.12735

No abstract available

Keywords: cerebrospinal fluid dynamics; headache; pachymeningitis; venous sinuses.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Female
Headache / complications*
Headache / diagnostic imaging
Headache / therapy*
Humans
Hypertrophy / etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningitis / complications*
Meningitis / diagnostic imaging
Meningitis / therapy*
Positron-Emission Tomography
Spinal Puncture / methods*