Diseases

Intracranial Hypotension

Reduction of CEREBROSPINAL FLUID pressure characterized clinically by ORTHOSTATIC HEADACHE and occasionally by an ABDUCENS NERVE PALSY; HEARING LOSS; NAUSEA; neck stiffness, and other symptoms. This condition may be spontaneous or secondary to CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEAK; SPINAL PUNCTURE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEHYDRATION; UREMIA; trauma (see also CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA); and other processes. Chronic hypotension may be associated with subdural hematomas (see HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL) or hygromas. (From Semin Neurol 1996 Mar;16(1):5-10; Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp637-8)

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Reduction of CEREBROSPINAL FLUID pressure characterized clinically by ORTHOSTATIC HEADACHE and occasionally by an ABDUCENS NERVE PALSY; HEARING LOSS; NAUSEA; neck stiffness, and other symptoms. This condition may be spontaneous or secondary to CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEAK; SPINAL PUNCTURE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEHYDRATION; UREMIA; trauma (see also CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA); and other processes. Chronic hypotension may be associated with subdural hematomas (see HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL) or hygromas. (From Semin Neurol 1996 Mar;16(1):5-10; Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp637-8)

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  • Hypotension, Intracranial
  • CSF Hypovolemia
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Hypovolemia
  • Intracranial Hypotension, Essential
  • Intracranial Hypotension, Secondary
  • Intracranial Hypotension, Spontaneous
  • CSF Hypovolemias
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Hypovolemias
  • Essential Intracranial Hypotension
  • Fluid Hypovolemia, Cerebrospinal
  • Fluid Hypovolemias, Cerebrospinal
  • Hypotension, Essential Intracranial
  • Hypotension, Secondary Intracranial
  • Hypotension, Spontaneous Intracranial
  • Hypovolemia, CSF
  • Hypovolemia, Cerebrospinal Fluid
  • Hypovolemias, CSF
  • Hypovolemias, Cerebrospinal Fluid
  • Secondary Intracranial Hypotension
  • Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not confuse with INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; coord IM with disease /physiopathol (IM) causing or caused by intracranial hypotension

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History Note

1998

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Previous Indexing

  • Intracranial Pressure (1967-1997)

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  1. C10w.228w.140w.638

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WL 203

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intracranial Hypotension. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019585. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019585
  2. Intracranial Hypotension. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16831900