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

Debora Cipriani, Belén Rodriguez, Levin Häni, Raya Zimmermann, Jens Fichtner, Christian T Ulrich, Andreas Raabe, Jürgen Beck and Werner J Z‘Graggen

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-10

Abstract: Background: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system. Approximately 30% of patients experience orthostatic headaches. Orthostatic headaches also are a hallmark symptom in spontaneous intracranial hypotension. While the cause of orthostatic headaches in spontaneous intracranial hypotension can be linked to the cerebrospinal fluid loss at the spinal level and consecutively reduced intracranial pressure in the upright position, the cause of orthostatic headaches in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome still remains unknown. The present study examined orthostatic changes of intracranial pressure using dynamic ultrasound of the optic nerve and optic nerve sheath diameter in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, spontaneous intracranial hypotension and healthy subjects. Methods: Data was obtained from postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome patients with (n = 7) and without orthostatic headaches (n = 7), spontaneous intracranial hypotension patients (n = 5) and healthy subjects (n = 8). All participants underwent high-resolution transorbital ultrasound in the supine and upright position to assess optic nerve and optic nerve sheath diameter. Results: Group differences were found in percentage deviations when changing position of optic nerve sheath diameter (p

Date: 2019
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