RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Meningocele-induced Positional Syncope and Retinal Hemorrhage
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 838
OP 839
VO 24
IS 5
A1 Bekavac, Ivo
A1 Halloran, John I.
YR 2003
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/5/838.abstract
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.