Reversible Coma: A Rare Presentation of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension
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Reversible coma: a rare presentation of spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
BACKGROUND Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a well-recognized neurologic disorder that typically presents with orthostatic headaches, low cerebral spinal fluid pressures and distinct abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging. METHODS We present a case of a rare presentation of SIH. RESULTS A 49-year-old man presented with a two week history of orthostatic headaches that rapid...
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From the Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Received January 10, 2005. Revised and Accepted January 21, 2005. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Sung-Tsang Hsieh. MD. Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100003826