Algorithmic multimodality approach to diagnosis and treatment of spinal CSF leak and venous fistula in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension

AL Callen, VM Timpone, A Schwertner… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
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Author Video associated with this article. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a …

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: updates from diagnosis to treatment

PJ Farnsworth, AA Madhavan, JT Verdoorn… - Neuroradiology, 2023 - Springer
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is caused by spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
leaks, which result in continued loss of CSF volume and multiple debilitating clinical …

Relationship of Bern score, spinal elastance, and opening pressure in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension

AL Callen, J Pattee, AA Thaker, VM Timpone… - Neurology, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Existing tools to diagnose spontaneous intracranial hypotension
(SIH), namely spinal opening pressure (OP) and brain MRI, have limited sensitivity. We …

Phenotyping Superagers Using Resting-State fMRI

LL de Godoy, A Studart-Neto… - American Journal …, 2023 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Superagers are defined as older adults with episodic
memory performance similar or superior to that in middle-aged adults. This study aimed to …

Endovascular embolization techniques for cerebrospinal fluid-venous fistula in the treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension

A Orscelik, JK Cutsforth-Gregory… - Radiologic …, 2024 - radiologic.theclinics.com
Methods We searched Pubmed to identify articles in English focusing the pathogenesis,
diagnosis, endovascular techniques and alternative treatment options of CVF from inception …

Changes of cerebrospinal fluid pressure gradient in different body positions under experimental impairment of cerebrospinal fluid pathway: new insight into …

I Jurjević, D Orešković, M Radoš, K Brgić… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
It is generally accepted that hydrocephalus is a consequence of the disbalance between
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) secretion and absorption which should in turn lead to CSF …

Spinal CSF Leaks: The Neuroradiologist Transforming Care

MD Mamlouk, AL Callen, AA Madhavan… - American Journal of …, 2024 - ajnr.org
Spinal CSF leak care has considerably evolved over the past several years due to pivotal
advances in its diagnosis and treatment. To the reader of the AJNR, it has been impossible …

Temporal characteristics of CSF-venous fistulas on digital subtraction myelography

I Mark, A Madhavan, M Oien… - American Journal …, 2023 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: CSF-venous fistula can be diagnosed with multiple
myelographic techniques; however, no prior work has characterized the time to contrast …

Diagnosis and Treatment of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Role of Epidural Blood Patching

AL Callen, DI Friedman, S Parikh, JC Rau… - Neurology: Clinical …, 2024 - AAN Enterprises
Purpose of Review This review focuses on the challenges of diagnosing and treating
spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), a condition caused by spinal CSF leakage. It …

Cerebrospinal fluid-venous fistula visualisation by intrathecal pressurization: A technical note and illustrative case

N Lützen, C Zander, R Dersch… - The Neuroradiology …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
CSF-venous fistulas (CVFs) are an important cause of spontaneous intracranial hypotension
and challenging to diagnose. Lateral decubitus positioning during myelography and a …