Cranial nerve abnormalities in spontaneous intracranial hypotension and their clinical relevance. 2023

Najdat Zohbi, and Alexander Castilho, and Sera Kim, and Amit M Saindane, and Jason W Allen, and Michael J Hoch, and Brent D Weinberg
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a known cause of headaches and neurologic symptoms, but the frequency of cranial nerve symptoms and abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has not been well described. The purpose of this study was to document cranial nerve findings in patients with SIH and determine the relationship between imaging findings and clinical symptoms. Patients diagnosed with SIH with pre-treatment brain MRI at a single institution from September 2014 to July 2017 were retrospectively reviewed to determine the frequency of clinically significant visual changes/diplopia (cranial nerves 3 and 6) and hearing changes/vertigo (cranial nerve 8). A blinded review of brain MRIs before and after treatment was conducted to assess for abnormal contrast enhancement of cranial nerves 3, 6, and 8. Imaging results were correlated with clinical symptoms. Thirty SIH patients with pre-treatment brain MRI were identified. Sixty-six percent of patients had vision changes, diplopia, hearing changes, and/or vertigo. Cranial nerve 3 and/or 6 enhancement was present in nine patients on MRI, with 7/9 patients experiencing visual changes and/or diplopia (odds ratio [OR] 14.9, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.2-100.8, p = .006). Cranial nerve 8 enhancement was present in 20 patients on MRI, with 13/20 patients experiencing hearing changes and/or vertigo (OR 16.7, 95% CI 1.7-160.6, p = .015). SIH patients with cranial nerve findings on MRI were more likely to have associated neurologic symptoms than those without imaging findings. Cranial nerve abnormalities on brain MRI should be reported in suspected SIH patients as they may support the diagnosis and explain patient symptoms.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D003391 Cranial Nerves Twelve pairs of nerves that carry general afferent, visceral afferent, special afferent, somatic efferent, and autonomic efferent fibers. Cranial Nerve,Nerve, Cranial,Nerves, Cranial
D004172 Diplopia A visual symptom in which a single object is perceived by the visual cortex as two objects rather than one. Disorders associated with this condition include REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; and diseases of the BRAIN STEM and OCCIPITAL LOBE. Double Vision,Polyopsia,Diplopia, Cortical,Diplopia, Horizontal,Diplopia, Intermittent,Diplopia, Monocular,Diplopia, Refractive,Diplopia, Unilateral,Diplopia, Vertical,Cortical Diplopia,Cortical Diplopias,Diplopias,Diplopias, Cortical,Diplopias, Horizontal,Diplopias, Intermittent,Diplopias, Monocular,Diplopias, Refractive,Diplopias, Unilateral,Diplopias, Vertical,Horizontal Diplopia,Horizontal Diplopias,Intermittent Diplopia,Intermittent Diplopias,Monocular Diplopia,Monocular Diplopias,Polyopsias,Refractive Diplopia,Refractive Diplopias,Unilateral Diplopia,Unilateral Diplopias,Vertical Diplopia,Vertical Diplopias,Vision, Double
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000092522 Clinical Relevance Criteria to determine whether a finding (e.g., clinical examination, lab test, imaging results) requires a medical intervention for meaningful improvement in outcome often to avoid OVERDIAGNOSIS and/or OVERTREATMENT. Clinical Importance,Clinical Significance,Importance, Clinical,Relevance, Clinical,Significance, Clinical
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D014717 Vertigo An illusion of movement, either of the external world revolving around the individual or of the individual revolving in space. Vertigo may be associated with disorders of the inner ear (EAR, INNER); VESTIBULAR NERVE; BRAINSTEM; or CEREBRAL CORTEX. Lesions in the TEMPORAL LOBE and PARIETAL LOBE may be associated with FOCAL SEIZURES that may feature vertigo as an ictal manifestation. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp300-1) CNS Origin Vertigo,Central Nervous System Origin Vertigo,Positional Vertigo,Spinning Sensation,Vertigo, Brain Stem,Vertigo, Brainstem,Vertigo, Central Nervous System Origin,Vertigo, Central Origin,Vertigo, Constant,Vertigo, Essential,Vertigo, Intermittant,Vertigo, Paroxysmal,Vertigo, Peripheral,Vertigo, Subjective,Brain Stem Vertigo,Brain Stem Vertigos,Brainstem Vertigo,Brainstem Vertigos,CNS Origin Vertigos,Central Origin Vertigo,Central Origin Vertigos,Constant Vertigo,Constant Vertigos,Essential Vertigo,Essential Vertigos,Intermittant Vertigo,Intermittant Vertigos,Origin Vertigo, CNS,Origin Vertigo, Central,Origin Vertigos, CNS,Origin Vertigos, Central,Paroxysmal Vertigo,Paroxysmal Vertigos,Peripheral Vertigo,Peripheral Vertigos,Sensation, Spinning,Sensations, Spinning,Spinning Sensations,Subjective Vertigo,Subjective Vertigos,Vertigo, CNS Origin,Vertigo, Positional,Vertigos,Vertigos, Brain Stem,Vertigos, Brainstem,Vertigos, CNS Origin,Vertigos, Central Origin,Vertigos, Constant,Vertigos, Essential,Vertigos, Intermittant,Vertigos, Paroxysmal,Vertigos, Peripheral,Vertigos, Subjective
D019585 Intracranial Hypotension Reduction of CEREBROSPINAL FLUID pressure characterized clinically by ORTHOSTATIC HEADACHE and occasionally by an ABDUCENS NERVE PALSY; HEARING LOSS; NAUSEA; neck stiffness, and other symptoms. This condition may be spontaneous or secondary to CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEAK; SPINAL PUNCTURE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEHYDRATION; UREMIA; trauma (see also CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA); and other processes. Chronic hypotension may be associated with subdural hematomas (see HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL) or hygromas. (From Semin Neurol 1996 Mar;16(1):5-10; Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp637-8) Intracranial Hypotension, Essential,Intracranial Hypotension, Secondary,Intracranial Hypotension, Spontaneous,CSF Hypovolemia,Cerebrospinal Fluid Hypovolemia,CSF Hypovolemias,Cerebrospinal Fluid Hypovolemias,Essential Intracranial Hypotension,Fluid Hypovolemia, Cerebrospinal,Fluid Hypovolemias, Cerebrospinal,Hypotension, Essential Intracranial,Hypotension, Intracranial,Hypotension, Secondary Intracranial,Hypotension, Spontaneous Intracranial,Hypovolemia, CSF,Hypovolemia, Cerebrospinal Fluid,Hypovolemias, CSF,Hypovolemias, Cerebrospinal Fluid,Secondary Intracranial Hypotension,Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

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