Browse by Audience
Skip to content
Papers of the Week
Cervical cerebrospinal fluid venous fistula with syringomyelia treated with suboccipital decompression: illustrative case.
Abstract
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) venous fistulas are a recently discovered and underdiagnosed cause of spontaneous spinal CSF leak, which may lead to spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Most cases occur in the thoracic spine, and only 2 cases were reported in the cervical spine. Treatments include the epidural blood patch, fibrin glue injection, and surgical ligation of the fistula.