2018BMJ Case ReportsOpen access

New-onset headaches secondary to spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Subhendu Rath, Ahmed Shaikh, Priya Narwal, Ankit Gupta

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We describe the case of a 54-year-old man who presented with new-onset positional headaches and seizures, which were determined to be secondary to spontaneous intracranial hypotension due to a cervicothoracic spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, and its associated complications.

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We describe the case of a 54-year-old man who presented with new-onset positional headaches and seizures, which were determined to be secondary to spontaneous intracranial hypotension due to a cervicothoracic spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, and its associated complications.

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We describe the case of a 54-year-old man who presented with new-onset positional headaches and seizures, which were determined to be secondary to spontaneous intracranial hypotension due to a cervicothoracic spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, and its associated complications.

Key concepts: Medicine, Headaches, Intracranial Hypotension, Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension, Cerebrospinal fluid, Anesthesia, Leak, Cerebrospinal fluid leak

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