Cervical Myelopathy Caused by Engorged Epidural Cervical Plexus Associated with Iatrogenic Intracranial Hypotension

Abstract

Teaching Point: Iatrogenic overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid may cause intracranial hypotension with secondary engorgement of the epidural venous plexus, resulting in potentially reversible compression radiculopathy or myelopathy.

Keywords

• intracranial hypotension
• iatrogenic overdrainage
• brain mri
• cervical spine mri
• epidural venous plexus
• myelopathy
• spinal cord compression
• arachnoid cyst