Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak as the cause of chronic subdural hematomas in nongeriatric patients.

@article{Beck2014SpinalCF,
  title={Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak as the cause of chronic subdural hematomas in nongeriatric patients.},
  author={J{\"u}rgen Beck and Jan Gralla and Christian Fung and C.T. Ulrich and Philippe Schucht and Jens Fichtner and Lukas Andereggen and Martin Gosau and Elke Hattingen and Klemens Gutbrod and Werner Josef Z'Graggen and M. Reinert and J{\"u}rg H{\"u}sler and Christoph Ozdoba and Andreas Raabe},
  journal={Journal of neurosurgery},
  year={2014},
  volume={121 6},
  pages={
          1380-7
        }
}
OBJECT The etiology of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) in nongeriatric patients (≤ 60 years old) often remains unclear. [] Key Method The patient workup included an extended search for a spinal CSF leak using a systematic algorithm: MRI of the spinal axis with or without intrathecal contrast application, myelography/fluoroscopy, and postmyelography CT.
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