Evaluation of MR Elastography as a Noninvasive Diagnostic Test for Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is a condition resulting from a leak of CSF from the spinal canal arising independent of a medical procedure. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension can present with normal brain MR imaging findings and nonspecific symptoms, leading to the underdiagnosis in some patients and unnecessary invasive myelography in others who are found not to have the condition. Given the likelihood that spontaneous intracranial hypotension alters intracranial biomechanics, the goal of this study was to evaluate MR elastography as a potential noninvasive test to diagnose the condition.

Materials and methods

We performed MR elastography in 15 patients with confirmed spontaneous intracranial hypotension from September 2022 to April 2023. Age

SUBMITTER: Mark IT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11288542 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature