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Postural changes in optic nerve and optic nerve sheath diameters in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and spontaneous intracranial hypotension: A cohort study.

Debora CiprianiBelén RodriguezLevin HäniRaya ZimmermannJens FichtnerChristian T UlrichAndreas RaabeJürgen BeckWerner Josef Z'Graggen
Published in: PloS one (2019)
This study shows that the size of the optic nerve sheath diameter dynamically decreases during orthostatic stress in spontaneous intracranial hypotension, but not in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome with or without orthostatic headaches, which indicates different underlying causes.
Keyphrases
  • optic nerve
  • optical coherence tomography
  • case report