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MeSH Heading: Intracranial Hypotension
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.638
Unique ID: D019585
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019585
Annotation: do not confuse with INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; coord IM with disease /‌physiopathol (IM) causing or caused by intracranial hypotension
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): CSF Hypovolemia; Cerebrospinal Fluid Hypovolemia; Intracranial Hypotension, Essential; Intracranial Hypotension, Secondary; Intracranial Hypotension, Spontaneous
NLM Classification #: WL 203
Previous Indexing: Intracranial Pressure (1967-1997)
See Also: Hypovolemia
Public MeSH Note: 1998
History Note: 1998
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2016/07/01

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