_{Paradoxical presentation of orthostatic headache associated with increased intracranial pressure in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis}

Paradoxical presentation of orthostatic headache associated with increased intracranial pressure in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis Full Text
Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology, 03/01/2013

Kim JB et al. – The authors suggest that orthostatic headache can be developed in a condition of decreased intracranial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volume in both intracranial hypotensive and intracranial hypertensive states. In these cases, orthostatic headache in CVT might be caused by decreased intracranial CSF volume that leads to the inferior displacement of the brain and traction on pain–sensitive intracranial vessels, despite increased CSF pressure on measurement. CVT should be considered in the differential diagnosis when a patient complains of orthostatic headache.

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