Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS: Seventeen patients (94%) initially received an incorrect diagnosis, and the diagnostic delay ranged from 4 days to 13 years (median, 5 weeks; mean, 13 months). Migraine, meningitis, and psychogenic disorder were the most commonly entertained diagnoses. Diagnostic or therapeutic procedures for disorders that mimicked spontaneous intracranial hypotension included cerebral arteriography in 2 patients, craniotomies for Chiari malformation in 2 patients, craniotomy for evacuation of subdural hematomas in 1 patient, and brain biopsy in 1 patient. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Wouter I Schievink |
Journal | Archives of neurology
(Arch Neurol)
Vol. 60
Issue 12
Pg. 1713-8
(Dec 2003)
ISSN: 0003-9942 [Print] United States |
PMID | 14676045
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Cohort Studies
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Diagnostic Errors
- Female
- Headache
(etiology)
- Humans
- Intracranial Hypotension
(complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, therapy)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myelography
- Radionuclide Imaging
- Spinal Puncture
- Time Factors
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Unnecessary Procedures
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