Sacral dural tears as a cause of spontaneous intracranial hypotension
Abstract: Purpose
Dural tears at the level of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine cause spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) in patients with a spinal longitudinal extradural CSF collection (SLEC); however, sacral dural tears have rarely been reported so far. This study focuses on sacral dural tears as a cause of SIH.
Methods
Retrospective data from SIH patients with confirmed sacral dural tears studied between October 2020 and November 2022 were analyzed with respect to demographic, clinical and imaging features. Digital subtraction myelography (DSM) and lumbar epidural blood patch (EBP) were modified by placing the patient in reversed Trendelenburg position.
Results
Of the SIH patients, 9 (all women; mean age, 38.5 years; mean body mass index, BMI, 22.9) out of 149 had a sacral dural leak (6%) that occurred spontaneously in 7/9, while 2/9 were likely associated with minor trauma. None had a sacral fracture. The mean SIH score was 6.8. All patients showed SLEC on heavily T2-weighted MR myelography (T2-MRM), 4/9 exclusively sacral and 5/9 with partial or complete involvement of the remaining spine. 4/9 had none, but 5/9 had meningeal sacral cysts, 2/5 had large cysts/ectasia. Confirmation of the sacral origin of the leak was provided in 4/9 by T2-MRM, in 2/9 by DSM and 3/9 by CT myelography (CTM) whereas 0/9 revealed the exact site of leak within the sacrum.
Conclusion
Sacral dural tears should be considered as a possible cause for SIH. It is concluded to implement T2-MRM covering the entire sacrum in the standard MRI protocol and propose EBP in the reverse Trendelenburg position as a therapeutic approach
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Notes
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Clinical neuroradiology. - 33, 4 (2023) , 957-964, ISSN: 1869-1447
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Veröffentlichung
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Freiburg
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Universität
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2023
- Creator
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Lützen, Niklas
Aleman, Enrique Barvulsky
Rahal, Amir El
Volz, Florian
Fung, Christian
Beck, Jürgen
Urbach, Horst
- DOI
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10.1007/s00062-023-01292-0
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2370954
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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25.03.2025, 1:52 PM CET
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Associated
- Lützen, Niklas
- Aleman, Enrique Barvulsky
- Rahal, Amir El
- Volz, Florian
- Fung, Christian
- Beck, Jürgen
- Urbach, Horst
- Universität
Time of origin
- 2023
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