Clinical presentations of SIH – sessions from #SIH2020

Clinical presentations of SIH – sessions from #SIH2020

The clinical presentations of intracranial hypotension due to spinal CSF leak can be quite variable. These THREE on-demand videos from sessions at the Intracranial Hypotension Symposium held on February 8, 2020 should not be missed. Basics of Spontaneous and...
Ochsner investigators awarded 2020 research grant

Ochsner investigators awarded 2020 research grant

We are pleased to announce this intracranial hypotension research grant to Principal Investigator, Fawad A. Khan, MD and Co-Investigator, Jonathan D. Nussdorf, MD of Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, LA. This is one of two research grants awarded during the...
2020 research grant awarded to Duke investigators

2020 research grant awarded to Duke investigators

We are pleased to announce this intracranial hypotension research grant to Principal Investigator, Timothy Amrhein, MD and Co-Investigator, Linda Gray Leithe, MD, neuroradiologists at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. Development of a Novel Flexible Needle...
Katie’s spinal CSF leak story

Katie’s spinal CSF leak story

Katie’s spontaneous spinal CSF leak seemed to heal on its own, but several years later, a minor car accident resulted in a relapse. She needed surgery to get her life back. There was nothing that precipitated Katie’s headache. No accident, no warning. It just came...
Emily did not have a pituitary tumor

Emily did not have a pituitary tumor

Emily’s brain MRI led her doctors to think she had a pituitary tumor. Instead, what she really had was a spinal CSF leak. Emily was a couple weeks into a one-month trial of Cross-Fit when the headaches started. Driving home after a workout, she found herself...

Aiza’s headache story

Aiza’s spinal CSF leak was misdiagnosed for five years. Under the guidance of her doctor, she began trying every possible migraine medication, but nothing worked—because Aiza did not have a migraine headache. What she had was spontaneous intracranial hypotension due...