Navigating the Highs and Lows of CSF Volume: Insights into Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension – ARRS 2024 (Videos)

Navigating the Highs and Lows of CSF Volume

Learning Outcomes and Modules

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Describe the typical clinical presentations of SIH and IIH and recognize the classic brain MRI findings of each.
• List the three subtypes of spinal CSF leaks that cause SIH.
• Summarize the different spinal imaging modalities available to search for spinal CSF leaks in SIH and explain the pros and cons of each..
• List the three primary treatment options for SIH.
• Explain the indications for and role of dural venous sinus angioplasty and stenting in the treatment of IIH.

Module 1

• IIH: Pathophysiology, Diagnostic Criteria, and Imaging Findings —Ian Mark, MD
• IIH: Treatment: Transverse Sinus Stenosis and Angioplasty—Eike Immo Piechowiak, MD
• SIH: Clinical Presentation and Brain MRI—Jessica L. Houk, MD
• SIH: CSF Leaks: Spinal Imaging Approach with Extradural Collection—Lalani Carlton Jones, MD

Module 2

• SIH: CSF leaks: Spinal Imaging Approach without Extradural Collection—Ajay A. Madhavan, MD
• SIH: Treatment: Epidural Blood Patching— Timothy J. Amrhein, MD
• SIH Treatment: Transvenous Embolization—Nicholas Thomas Befera, MD
• SIH Treatment: Surgery—Wouter Schievink, MD