BACKGROUND: @entity5325 ( @entity5325 ) is characterized by spontaneous @entity10 with @entity135 , @entity390 , @entity391 , @entity392 , and vertigo in @entity1 with low cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Epidural blood patch (EBP) can be a treatment of choice in @entity1 nonresponsive to the initial noninvasive treatments. We compared brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and clinical variables between @entity1 with conservative management only and @entity1 with added EBP, to help physicians plan the management modalities for @entity5325 @entity1 . In addition, clinical factors associated with @entity854 in @entity5325 , and the response to EBP between elderly and young @entity1 were assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of @entity1 fulfilling the symptomatic diagnostic criteria for @entity5325 between 2001 and 2014. The following data were collected and analyzed by reviewing electronic medical records: demographic variables, initial clinical symptoms ( @entity390 and @entity391 , @entity135 , vertigo, and @entity392 ), initial @entity158 score, reports of brain MRI, identified leakage site by cisternography or myelography, finding(s) of spine MRI, and duration of hospital stay. The response to EBP between elderly and young @entity1 based on the age of 45 years, that is, the mean age of EBP in the study, were also compared. RESULTS: The incidence of @entity75 MRI findings did not show significant differences between conservative treatment and EBP. However, the proportion of @entity1 with severe @entity158 was higher in @entity1 who underwent EBP. In multivariate regression analysis, the incidence of positive brain MRI finding(s) for @entity5325 increased in @entity1 with older age, higher weight, and an absence in @entity390 / @entity391 . EBP procedure was effective in both younger and elderly @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: The results of our study indicated no difference between MRI findings in both conservative treatment and EBP modalities; however, there were differences in initial @entity158 score. Therefore, clinical presentation of @entity5325 @entity1 may be critical and help physicians make a decision of EBP procedure.

Clinical Association Between Brain MRI Findings With Epidural Blood Patch in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity135 :: ('MESH:D006258', 'Disease') :: ['neck stiffness'] @entity390 :: ('MESH:D009325', 'Disease') :: ['nausea'] @entity75 :: ('MESH:D001927', 'Disease') :: ['abnormalities of brain'] @entity391 :: ('MESH:D014839', 'Disease') :: ['vomiting'] @entity854 :: ('MESH:D018376', 'Disease') :: ['MRI abnormalities'] @entity392 :: ('MESH:D014012', 'Disease') :: ['tinnitus'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity10 :: ('MESH:D006261', 'Disease') :: ['postural headache'] @entity5325 :: ('MESH:D019585', 'Disease') :: ['SIH', 'Spontaneous intracranial hypotension']
@entity5325 :: (MESH:D019585,Disease) :: ['Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension']
