Slides Download the Slides Transcript Good to be here again, and I appreciate being invited. I want to begin a talk on patient experiences of missed and misdiagnosis by first extending gratitude to physicians who, by their expertise, commitment, diligence, and...
Chiari 1 Malformation and Spinal CSF Leak Sometimes, intracranial hypotension (low volume of cerebrospinal fluid within the skull) due to spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak can be mistakenly attributed to Chiari 1 malformation. What is Chiari 1 malformation?...
September 25 is International Ataxia Awareness Day. Ataxia, a degenerative neurological disorder that affects movement and coordination, can be a rare symptom of intracranial hypotension due to spinal CSF leak. Ataxia literally means “without...
This week is World FTD Awareness Week. FTD, also known as frontotemporal dementia, frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), or Pick’s disease, is a group of brain disorders caused by degeneration of the frontal and/or temporal lobes of the brain. It is the most...
A new publication features the remarkable case of a spinal CSF leak whose cause turned out to be a labor epidural from almost 18 years earlier—that’s right, 18 years. Drs. Callan. Lennarson, and Carroll report on this fascinating story in their paper,...
Foundation-funded study published on differentiation between Chiari malformation type 1 and SIH We are pleased to report that a Foundation-funded research study has just been published in the Journal of Neurosurgery titled “Differentiation of Chiari malformation...
