Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Martin-Luther University
Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany | Department of Nuclear Medicine,
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
Note: [] Correspondence: Michael Karremann, M.D., Department of
Pediatrics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Strasse 40,
06120 Halle (Saale), Germany. Tel.: +49 345 557 3257; Fax: +49 345 557 7255;
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: We report on a seventeen-year-old boy presenting with postural
headache caused by intracranial hypotension following surgical treatment of
juvenile scoliosis. The clinical presentation, diagnostic findings and
treatment are described and a review of the relevant literature is given. It is
concluded that physicians should be aware of intracranial hypotension syndrome
as a possible, though rare, complication after spine surgery.
Keywords: Adolescence, caffeine, intracranial hypotension syndrome, postural headache, spine surgery
