Dinosaur tail sign on spinal MRI in a patient with postdural puncture headache
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Dinosaur tail sign on spinal MRI in a patient with postdural puncture headache.
Sakurai K, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221447 Description A 68-year-old man presented with cognitive impairment, urinary incontinence and short step gait. These symptoms, together with brain MRI finding, suggested idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. After a spinal tap test to confirm the diagnosis, he suffered from postdural puncture headache. Despite an equivocal findi...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221447