Expounding on the Distinction between Lateral Dural Tears and Leaking Meningeal Diverticula in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Aug 9;45(8):E28-E29. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A8308.

Authors

Ajay A Madhavan¹, Richard I Farb², Waleed Brinjikji¹, Jeremy K Cutsforth-Gregory³, Wouter I Schievink⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of NeuroradiologyDepartment of RadiologyMayo ClinicRochester, Minnesota.
² Division of NeuroradiologyDepartment of RadiologyUniversity of TorontoToronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of NeurologyMayo ClinicRochester, Minnesota.
⁴ Department of NeurosurgeryCedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, California.

PMID: 38937117
PMCID: PMC11383393 (available on 2025-08-01)
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A8308

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / diagnostic imaging
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Diverticulum* / complications
Diverticulum* / diagnostic imaging
Dura Mater* / diagnostic imaging
Dura Mater* / pathology
Humans
Intracranial Hypotension* / diagnostic imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meninges* / diagnostic imaging
Meninges* / pathology