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SUBMITTER: Yang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6551536 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Radiology case reports 20190604 8
In patients with occult cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks or CSF leak syndrome, orthostatic headaches are a common presenting symptom. Although computed tomography (CT) myelography has historically been the gold standard for diagnosis with radioisotope cisternography as a diagnostic alternative, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) myelography using intrathecal gadolinium has reported sensitivity of 80%-87%. Two patients with spontaneous orthostatic headaches lasting for several days were diagnosed wi ...[more]