PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bekavac, Ivo
AU  - Halloran, John I.
TI  - Meningocele-induced Positional Syncope and Retinal Hemorrhage
DP  - 2003 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 838--839
VI  - 24
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/5/838.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/5/838.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2003 May 01; 24
AB  - Summary: Meningocele is recognized as a rare, usually asymptomatic condition not associated with acute neurologic symptoms. We herein describe the case of a patient with a longstanding history of a lower back “mass” and recurrent syncope who became acutely unresponsive and developed bilateral retinal hemorrhages when she was placed in the supine position to undergo carotid sonography. MR imaging revealed a large, dorsal lumbar meningocele. The episode likely was caused by acutely increased intracranial pressure caused by displacement of CSF from the meningocele intracranially.