08Diseases of the nervous system
Disorders of cerebrospinal fluid pressure or flow
8D61Intracranial hypotension
8D61.0
category
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension
Definition The exact cause of spontaneous spinal CSF leaks usually remains unknown, but a combination of an underlying weakness of the spinal meninges and a trivial precipitating event is generally suspected.
Also indexed as
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension
Nearby in Intracranial hypotension
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