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Intracranial Hypotension

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Reduction of CEREBROSPINAL FLUID pressure characterized clinically by HEADACHE which is maximal in an upright posture and occasionally by an abducens nerve palsy (see ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES), neck stiffness, hearing loss (see DEAFNESS); NAUSEA; and other symptoms. This condition may be spontaneous or secondary to 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),Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.1410, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1410
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports and autopsy reports relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 34 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; vomiting; intracranial hypotension; papilloedema and toxaemia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1937
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE Professor Norman Dott Case Notes

PR2.6975, 1948-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6975
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; haematoma; hemiparesis; hypertonus; and intracranial hypotension. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1949
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)