Collapsed superior ophthalmic veins in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension.

Authors :: Chen WT
Fuh JL
Lirng JF
Lu SR
Wu ZA
Wang SJ
Source :: Neurology [Neurology] 2003 Nov 11; Vol. 61 (9), pp. 1265-7.
Publication Year :: 2003
Abstract: The authors measured the average diameter of bilateral superior ophthalmic veins (SOV) in 13 patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) on contrast-enhanced, coronal, T1-weighted MRI. Compared with sex- and age-matched neurology inpatients with normal CSF pressure, the SIH group had a smaller SOV diameter (0.90 vs 1.85 mm, p < 0.001), which partly reversed after treatment (1.09 vs 0.90 mm, p = 0.045, n = 7). Collapsed SOV might provide an additional MRI finding for SIH.

Subjects :: Adult
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Headache etiology
Humans
Intracranial Hypotension complications
Intracranial Pressure
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Reference Values
Eye blood supply
Intracranial Hypotension diagnosis
Intracranial Hypotension physiopathology
Vascular Patency
Veins physiopathology

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