A Possible Newly Defined and Treatable Secondary Cause of Early Morning Wake-Up Headaches in an Older Hypermobile Woman: Nutcracker Physiology with Spinal Epidural Venous Congestion

Introduction Left renal vein compression (nutcracker physiology) with secondary spinal epidural venous congestion is a newly recognized cause of daily persistent headache. Presently only women with underlying symptomatic hypermobility issues appear to develop headache from this anatomic issue. The...

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Main Authors: Todd D. Rozen, Zlatko Devcic, Beau B. Toskich, DeLisa Fairweather, Katelyn A. Bruno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2024-02-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
Online Access:https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/537705