Impact of dural hypoplasia in a patient with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak at atlantoaxial level

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak from the spinal subarachnoid space causes spontaneous intracranial hypotension; however, its pathogenesis remains unclear. We report an interesting case which had incidental lacerations of arachnoid membrane with congenital-suspected huge dural defects at C1-2 level. A...

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Main Authors: Takehiro Kitagawa, Tatsuya Ohtonari, Yu Muroya, Hiroshi Miyachi, Junkoh Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751920305958