Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak from an anomalous thoracic nerve root: case report.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2016
Abstract
The authors report the case of a 28-year-old woman with a spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak from the sleeve of a redundant thoracic nerve root. She presented with postural headaches and orthostatic symptoms indicative of intracranial hypotension. CT myelography revealed that the lesion was located at the T-11 nerve root. After failure of conservative management, including blood patches and thrombin glue injections, the patient was successfully treated with surgical decompression and ligation of the duplicate nerve, resulting in full resolution of her orthostatic symptoms.
Volume
25
Issue
6
First Page
685
Last Page
688
ISSN
1547-5646
Published In/Presented At
Lopez, A. J., Campbell, R. K., Arnaout, O., Curran, Y. M., Shaibani, A., & Dahdaleh, N. S. (2016). Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak from an anomalous thoracic nerve root: case report. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 25(6), 685–688. https://doi.org/10.3171/2016.4.SPINE151465
PubMedID
27367938
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article