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Intracranial hypotension: clinical presentation, imaging findings, and imaging-guided therapy
Urbach H.. Current opinion in neurology, 2014-08-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Purpose of review To illustrate clinical presentations, imaging findings, and diagnostic and therapeutic approaches associated with various conditions of intracranial hypotension. Recent findings Intracranial hypotension occurs spontaneously, following (lumbar) dural puncture, accidental dural opening, or excessive surgical cerebrospinal fluid drainage. The typical clinical manifestation - orthostatic headache - may be masqueraded by atypical clinical findings, including coma, frontotemporal dementia, leptomeningeal hemosiderosis-associated symptoms, and others. MRI signs are highly specific, but the imaging strategy to search for spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks (none, computed tomography myelography, magnetic resonance myelography with gadolinium, digital subtraction myelography) is a matter of debate. The same is true for the mode of treatment (bed rest, blind, fluoroscopy or computed tomography-guided epidural blood patching, fibrin patching, surgery). Summary Clinical presentation as well as diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in intracranial hypotension are very heterogenous.
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Urbach, H. (2014). Intracranial hypotension: clinical presentation, imaging findings, and imaging-guided therapy. Current opinion in neurology. https://doi.org/10.1097/wco.0000000000000105
Vancouver
Urbach H. Intracranial hypotension: clinical presentation, imaging findings, and imaging-guided therapy. Current opinion in neurology. 2014. doi:10.1097/wco.0000000000000105. PMID: 24978633.
BibTeX
@article{urbach2014-24978633,
author = {Urbach, H.},
title = {{Intracranial hypotension: clinical presentation, imaging findings, and imaging-guided therapy}},
journal = {Current opinion in neurology},
year = {2014},
doi = {10.1097/wco.0000000000000105},
pmid = {24978633},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1097/wco.0000000000000105}
}
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Key findings
- Purpose of review To illustrate clinical presentations, imaging findings, and diagnostic and therapeutic approaches associated with various conditions of intracranial hypotension.
Why it matters
This review describes intracranial hypotension, which can present with atypical findings including frontotemporal dementia, and discusses imaging and treatment approaches. It concerns intracranial hypotension, not Alzheimer's disease treatment, cure or prevention.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 39/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Current opinion in neurology) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Current Opinion in Neurology: journal h-index 165 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2014 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 4 / 7 | Cited 63 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 2 / 5 | 4.5 citations a year over 14 year(s) since 2014 |
| Impact for its field and year | 3 / 6 | Cited 3.1× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 2 / 4 | Cited 15 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 3 / 4 | Last-listed author Horst Urbach: h-index 79 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 1 / 3 | University of Freiburg: institution h-index 1,068 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 24978633) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 39 / 100 | — |
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