Research Article

Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Long-Term Follow-Up

Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteriaExclusion criteria

(i) Spontaneous intracranial hypotension patients confirmed by MRI or low CSF pressure on spinal tap
(ii) Probable intracranial hypotension patients with a clear history of orthostatic headache
(iii) Patients with follow-up data at least six months after the diagnosis and medical charts containing data on headache characteristics at onset, frequency, and intensity; MR imaging; and treatment with EBP
(i) Patients with previous head or spinal trauma
(ii) Patients with lumbar punctures and/or spinal anesthesia
(iii) Patients with possible causes for an orthostatic headache such colloid cyst of the third ventricle, intracranial neoplasm, sinusitis, cerebral venous thrombosis