Cervical Myelopathy Caused by Engorged Epidural Cervical Plexus Associated with Iatrogenic Intracranial Hypotension
Bjorn Valgaeren1, Elyn Van Snick1, Geert Heirwegh1
1General Hospital Damiaan Ostend, BE.
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
|October 10, 2022
Abstract:
Teaching Point: Iatrogenic overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid may cause intracranial hypotension with secondary engorgement of the epidural venous plexus, resulting in potentially reversible compression radiculopathy or myelopathy.
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