{"title":"Traumatic brain injury-induced peripheral damage: The dynamics of the inflammatory and autophagy pathway from acute to chronic stages.","authors":"Züleyha Doğanyiğit, Serpil Taheri, Aslı Okan, Zeynep Yılmaz, Arda Kaan Üner, Enes Akyüz, Mehmet Memiş, Ecmel Mehmetbeyoğlu, Alina Arulsamy, Mohd Farooq Shaikh","doi":"10.5114/fn.2024.140788","DOIUrl":"10.5114/fn.2024.140788","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the major causes of death and disability worldwide, and brings a huge burden on the quality of life of patients with TBI and the country's healthcare system. Peripheral organs, especially the kidney, and liver, may be affected by the onset of molecular responses following brain tissue damage. While secondary injury responses post TBI has been well studied in the brain, the effect/consequences of these responses in the peripheral organs have not yet been fully elucidated. Thus, our study aimed to investigate the immunoreactivity of these responses, particularly via proinflammatory cytokines and autophagy markers in the kidney and liver post-acute and chronic TBI.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Mild TBI (mTBI) and repetitive mTBI (r-mTBI) were induced in male and female 2-month-old Balb/c mice via the Marmarou weight-drop model. Liver and kidney tissues were sampled at 24 hours (acute) and 30 days (chronic) post TBI and subjected to histopathological and immunoreactivity analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Interleukin (IL)-6 levels were significantly increased in the male liver and kidney tissues in both TBI groups compared to the control group but were seen to be decreased in the female r-mTBI chronic liver and r-mTBI acute kidney. Tumor necrosis factor a (TNF-a) levels were found to increase only in the female r-mTBI chronic kidney tissue and mTBI chronic liver tissue. IL-1b levels were increased in the male and female r-mTBI liver tissues but decreased in the female mTBI kidney tissue. Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) levels were found to be significantly increased in the female mTBI acute and r-mTBI chronic kidney tissue and mTBI liver tissue, but decreased in the r-mTBI acute kidney and r-mTBI liver tissues. Beclin-1 levels were increased in male mTBI chronic and r-mTBI acute liver tissue but decreased in the r-mTBI chronic group. LC3A/B and P62/SQSTM1 levels were significantly increased in the female mTBI chronic and male r-mTBI chronic liver tissues but decreased in the male r-mTBI and female r-mTBI acute kidney tissues. Significant histopathological changes were also observed in the liver and kidney tissue which were dependent on the TBI severity, gender, and time post TBI.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results showed that TBI may elicit peripheral molecular responses, particularly in terms of alteration in the levels of inflammatory cytokines and autophagy markers, which were gender- and time-dependent. This suggests that TBI may have a significant role in the cellular damage of the kidney and liver in both the acute and chronic phases post TBI, thus ensuring that the effects of TBI may not be confined to the brain.</p>","PeriodicalId":12370,"journal":{"name":"Folia neuropathologica","volume":" ","pages":"277-292"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142008510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elsayed Abed, Ahmad Farag El-Adawey, Mohamed Hamed Rashad, Ahmed Hassan Elsheshiny, Ali Mahmoud Ali, Fathy Mahmoud Mansour, Abdel-Ghaffar Fayed, Mohammad Fathi Abdulsalam, Shaimaa Sayed Khater
{"title":"Headache attributed to ischemic stroke - a new scope for management: a case study.","authors":"Elsayed Abed, Ahmad Farag El-Adawey, Mohamed Hamed Rashad, Ahmed Hassan Elsheshiny, Ali Mahmoud Ali, Fathy Mahmoud Mansour, Abdel-Ghaffar Fayed, Mohammad Fathi Abdulsalam, Shaimaa Sayed Khater","doi":"10.5114/fn.2024.139138","DOIUrl":"10.5114/fn.2024.139138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute ischemic stroke may present with serious clinical manifestations. Headache attributed to ischemic stroke is one of these clinical manifestations which may be neglected and affect the functional outcome of the patients. Understanding the exact pathophysiology, and recognition of the most clinical and radiological predictors can help to provide good management and open scope for prophylactic approaches. Here, we report a case presented with acute onset of ischemic stroke and developed a new onset headache on the first day of stroke onset. According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders third edition (ICHD-3), the patient has a post-stroke headache. Using transcranial duplex ultrasound, activation of the trigeminovascular pathway could be attributed to the opening of more pain-sensitive collateral channels as the left posterior communicating artery (P Com A). In conclusion, we can predict the development of acute headache at stroke onset based on different clinical and radiological factors. Opening of the collateral channels is strongly implicated in the production of post-stroke headache.</p>","PeriodicalId":12370,"journal":{"name":"Folia neuropathologica","volume":" ","pages":"329-333"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142008578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Barczak, Mariusz Berdyński, Tomasz Gabryelewicz, Maria Barcikowska, Beata Borzemska
{"title":"Behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia in carriers of biallelic TREM2 variants: cases study.","authors":"Anna Barczak, Mariusz Berdyński, Tomasz Gabryelewicz, Maria Barcikowska, Beata Borzemska","doi":"10.5114/fn.2024.140568","DOIUrl":"10.5114/fn.2024.140568","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>First reports associated mutations in triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) with autosomal recessive Nasu-Hakola disease characterized by painful bone cysts and progressive presenile dementia with psychotic symptoms; however, recent TREM2 biallelic rare variants are suggested to be causative also for the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) without bone involvement.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Clinical data of three unrelated bvFTD patients carrying TREM2 biallelic variants were evaluated. All patients underwent neurological, psychiatric, and cognitive evaluation and neuroimaging. A full neuropsychological assessment was performed in two cases.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two patients carried compound heterozygous TREM2 variants, p.R62C and p.T66M, and one carried the homozygous p.D87N variant. Based on all obtained clinical and neuroimaging data, a behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia was diagnosed in all cases. Their clinical manifestation was typical with neuropsychiatric and cognitive features, without bone abnormalities.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite all three subjects partially resembling clinical manifestations of Nasu-Hakola disease with TREM2 mutations, we reveal some distinct features, including age of onset, neuroimaging findings, or disease course.</p>","PeriodicalId":12370,"journal":{"name":"Folia neuropathologica","volume":"62 2","pages":"113-119"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142008603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alicja Kuźniewska, Marta Jaskólska, Mariusz Kwarciany, Aleksandra Ciarka, Rafał Pęksa, Zbigniew Zdrojewski, Marcin Okrój
{"title":"Off-label use of eculizumab for neurological symptoms and progressive vision loss","authors":"Alicja Kuźniewska, Marta Jaskólska, Mariusz Kwarciany, Aleksandra Ciarka, Rafał Pęksa, Zbigniew Zdrojewski, Marcin Okrój","doi":"10.5114/fn.2023.134313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2023.134313","url":null,"abstract":"We describe the results of eculizumab treatment of a patient with pachymeningitis, inflammatory infiltration of the left frontal lobe, and cerebral hematoma, who presented with progressive vision loss, epileptic seizures, and abnormal pattern of the complement system parameters. A 30-year-old female patient, initially diagnosed with hypereosinophilia and a tumour of the left orbit, developed a significant visual impairment in the left eye, progressive vision loss in the right eye, and neurological symptoms in the form of epileptic seizures and behavioural changes. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed thickening of the dura mater in the left frontal area, slight oedema of the cortex, and subcortical white matter. Orbit biopsy showed non-specific inflammatory infiltrates. Despite the initial good response, symptoms progressed during treatment with glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants. Increased activity of the alternative complement pathway accompanied by a low level of its main inhibitor, factor H (FH), and the presence of anti-FH autoantibodies, was found. Genetic analysis revealed several missense variants of complement proteins, including two disease-linked mutations in FH (p.H402Y) and FI (T300A). An attempt to apply a complement C5 blocker, eculizumab, has been made. Neurological symptoms subsided, vision loss was inhibited, laboratory parameters improved, and discontinuation of steroid therapy was possible. The case underlines the role of complement system dysregulation in neurological distress.","PeriodicalId":12370,"journal":{"name":"Folia neuropathologica","volume":"120 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139462280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Barbara Bobek-Billewicz, Sylwia Heinze, Aleksandra Awramienko-Wloczek, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Elzbieta Nowicka, Anna Hebda
{"title":"The use of MR perfusion parameters in differentiation between glioblastoma recurrence and radiation necrosis","authors":"Barbara Bobek-Billewicz, Sylwia Heinze, Aleksandra Awramienko-Wloczek, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Elzbieta Nowicka, Anna Hebda","doi":"10.5114/fn.2023.134180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2023.134180","url":null,"abstract":"<b>Introduction:</b><br/>This study focuses on the challenge of distinguishing between tumour recurrence and radiation necrosis in glioma treatment using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Currently, accurate differentiation is possible only through surgical biopsy, which is invasive and may cause additional damage. The study explores non-invasive methods using dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) MR perfusion with parameters like relative peak height (rPH) and relative percentage of signal-intensity recovery (rPSR).<br/><br/><b>Material and methods:</b><br/>Among retrospectively evaluated patients (multicentre study) with an initial diagnosis of the primary and secondary brain tumour, 47 met the inclusion criteria and were divided into two groups, the recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) WHO IV group and the radiation necrosis group, based on MRI of the brain. All patients enrolled into the recurrent GBM group had a second surgical intervention.<br/><br/><b>Results:</b><br/>Mean, minimum and maximum rPH values were significantly higher in the recurrent GBM group than in the radiation necrosis group (<i>p</i> < 0.001), while rPSR values were lower in the recurrent GBM group than in the radiation necrosis group (<i>p</i> = 0.011 and <i>p</i> = 0.012).<br/><br/><b>Discussion:</b><br/>This study investigates the use of MR perfusion curve characteristics to differentiate between radiation necrosis and glioblastoma recurrence in post-treatment brain tumours. MR perfusion shows promising potential for distinguishing between the two conditions, but it also has certain limitations. Despite challenges in finding a sufficient cohort size, the study demonstrates significant differences in MR perfusion parameters between radiation necrosis and GBM recurrence.<br/><br/><b>Conclusions:</b><br/>The results demonstrate the potential usefulness of these DSC perfusion parameters in discriminating between glioblastoma recurrence and radiation necrosis.<br/><br/>","PeriodicalId":12370,"journal":{"name":"Folia neuropathologica","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139462392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Piotr Paluchowski, Jacek Gulczyński, Mateusz Michalski, Teresa Wierzba-Bobrowicz, Dorota Sulejczak, Ewa Iżycka-Świeszewska
{"title":"“Neuropatologia Polska”. The journal and its topics in the first decade of existence (1963–1972)","authors":"Piotr Paluchowski, Jacek Gulczyński, Mateusz Michalski, Teresa Wierzba-Bobrowicz, Dorota Sulejczak, Ewa Iżycka-Świeszewska","doi":"10.5114/fn.2023.134307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2023.134307","url":null,"abstract":"In this article authors would like to present the history of the “Neuropatologia Polska” journal (since 1994: “Folia Neuropathologica”) in its first decade of existence. It outlines the circumstances surrounding the creation of the journal and shows how it evolved in the first years. The vast material analysed from the consecutive issues of the journal in the years from 1963 to 1972 was subjected to statistical and content analysis. From its first year, the journal has included works of a very high substantive level and a wide range of topics. The authors presented the results of contemporary research in many areas. The “Neuropatologia Polska” journal (later “Folia Neuropathologica”) set paths for the development of neuropathology in clinical and experimental aspects. What is very important, it created a platform for international cooperation in many fields, included researchers and scientists from Western countries and foreign academic centres in difficult times. This article was created on the 60th anniversary of creation of “Neuropatologia Polska”.","PeriodicalId":12370,"journal":{"name":"Folia neuropathologica","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139462432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exercise attenuates neuronal degeneration in Parkinson's disease rat model by regulating the level of adenosine 2A receptor.","authors":"Ruizhi Li, Shasha Jin, Jiangen He, Yanxia Peng, Longfei Wei, Lei Gu","doi":"10.5114/fn.2023.125120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2023.125120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parkinson's disease occurs due to loss of dopaminergic neurons, which alters the behavioural changes. The present study evaluates the effect of exercise on neurodegeneration against Parkinson's disease (PD) rat model and postulates its effect on novel molecular pathway. Rotenone was administered at 1 mg/kg s.c. every 48 h for 18 days for the in-duction of PD and exercise was given to rats for a period of 2 weeks after the confirmation of PD. Moreover, PD rats also received CGS 21680 (adenosine A2A receptor agonist, 0.5 mg/kg, i.p.) with exercise for a period of 2 weeks after confirmation of PD. The effect of exercise was assessed for motor and cognitive function in PD rats. The level of inflammatory cytokines and neurotransmitters was estimated in brain tissue of PD rats. Data of investigation reveal that exercise attenuates cognitive and motor function in PD rats, the exercise + CGS 21680 group shows reverse in the behavioural changes compared to exercise-treated PD rats. The level of inflammatory cytokines and neurochemical level ameliorated in the exercise-treated group compared to the PD group of rats, which is reversed in the exercise + CGS 21680 group. In conclusion, exercise protects neurodegeneration in PD rats by reducing aggregation of a-synuclein and activity of adenosine 2A receptor.</p>","PeriodicalId":12370,"journal":{"name":"Folia neuropathologica","volume":"61 2","pages":"217-223"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10022089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuangao Liao, Yong Gu, Jinhua Wang, Yu Tian, Xiaohong Ni, Lei Zhou, Ye Ye, Guangming Xia
{"title":"HSF1 inhibits microglia activation to attenuate neuroinflammation via regulating miR-214-3p and NFATc2 in Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Yuangao Liao, Yong Gu, Jinhua Wang, Yu Tian, Xiaohong Ni, Lei Zhou, Ye Ye, Guangming Xia","doi":"10.5114/fn.2022.122800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2022.122800","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by microglia activation that leads to neuroinflammation. Heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) is known to exert neuroprotective effects on neurodegenerative diseases. This study sought to analyse the role and mechanism of HSF1 in PD-induced neuroinflammation. The PD mouse models were established using 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). Animal behaviour capacities and neuronal damage were assessed via behavioural tests, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) staining, and immunofluorescence. Levels of HSF1, miR-214-3p, nuclear factor of activated T cells 2 (NFATc2), and neuroinflammatory factors were detected via RT-qPCR, Western blotting, and ELISA.Binding relationships between HSF1 and miR-214-3p, miR-214-3p, and NFATc2 were tested via dual-luciferase or chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. Functional rescue experiments were designed to confirm the roles of miR-214-3p and NFATc2. HSF1 expression in brain tissues was downregulated upon MPTP treatment. HSF1 overexpression reduced motor deficits and loss of dopaminergic neurons, increased TH-positive neurons, and repressed neuroinflammation and micro-glia activation. Mechanically, HSF1 bound to the miR-214-3p promoter to increase its expression and inhibited NFATc2 transcription. miR-214-3p downregulation or NFATc2 overexpression reversed the inhibition of HSF1 overexpression on neuroinflammation and microglia activation. Overall, our findings unveiled the therapeutic role of HSF1 in PD-induced neuroinflammation and microglia activation via regulating miR-214-3p and NFATc2.</p>","PeriodicalId":12370,"journal":{"name":"Folia neuropathologica","volume":"61 1","pages":"53-67"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9742718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingwen Yu, Bingtao Mu, Minfang Guo, Chunyun Liu, Tao Meng, Yuqing Yan, Lijuan Song, Jiezhong Yu, Gajendra Kumar, Cungen Ma
{"title":"Astragaloside IV inhibits experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by modulating the polarization of both microglia/macrophages and astrocytes.","authors":"Jingwen Yu, Bingtao Mu, Minfang Guo, Chunyun Liu, Tao Meng, Yuqing Yan, Lijuan Song, Jiezhong Yu, Gajendra Kumar, Cungen Ma","doi":"10.5114/fn.2023.129066","DOIUrl":"10.5114/fn.2023.129066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Astragaloside IV (AST IV), a major saponin component and active ingredient isolated from Astragalus membranaceus, has been well known to exhibit neuroprotective effects on diverse models of neurological diseases. Accumulating evidence suggests that dynamic balance of microglia/macrophages and astrocytes plays a vital role in neuroprotection and remyelination. However, dysregulation of microglia/macrophages and astrocytes orchestrate the pathogenesis of nervous system disorders. Therefore, we hypothesized that switching the transformation of microglia/macrophages and astrocytes into the neuroprotective M2 and A2 phenotypes, respectively, could be a potential target for therapeutic intervention. In the present study, we evaluate the efficacy of AST IV intervention on the effects of microglia/macrophages and astrocytes in an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model. AST IV improved paralysis and pathology of EAE by inhibiting the neurotoxic M1 microglia/macrophage phenotype, promoting M2 phenotype, shifting astrocytes towards a neuroprotective A2 phenotype, and protecting neurons from apoptosis through inhibition of TLR4/Myd88/NF-kB signalling pathway. Our study showed that AST IV could be a potential and promising drug for multiple sclerosis treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":12370,"journal":{"name":"Folia neuropathologica","volume":"61 3","pages":"273-290"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41196288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michele Pistacchi, Andrea Pezzato, Roberta Rudà, Manuela Gioulis, Franco Contin, Federica Fragiacomo, Sandro Zambito Marsala
{"title":"Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a case series and literature review.","authors":"Michele Pistacchi, Andrea Pezzato, Roberta Rudà, Manuela Gioulis, Franco Contin, Federica Fragiacomo, Sandro Zambito Marsala","doi":"10.5114/fn.2023.126209","DOIUrl":"10.5114/fn.2023.126209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a condition of negative intracranial pressure resulting from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage from the dural sac and is a well-known cause of orthostatic headache. Diagnosis and management can be difficult, often requiring coordination between multiple disciplines. Low CSF pressure and diffuse meningeal enhancement on brain MRI are the major instrumental features of the classic syndrome. Neuroimaging plays a key role in diagnosing SIH, particularly in atypical clinical presentations, by recognizing the specific findings of brain sagging on MRI and detecting the level of CSF leak on spinal imaging, thus guiding therapy accordingly. Since SIH could present with such a heterogeneous clinical picture, careful history taking and increased awareness of atypical presentations are of utmost importance. We review the existing SIH literature, illustrate management, clinical and neuroimaging findings of four consecutive patients with atypical SIH, who were recently referred to our hospital for evaluation to simplify and streamline the management of SIH.</p>","PeriodicalId":12370,"journal":{"name":"Folia neuropathologica","volume":"61 3","pages":"225-234"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41196295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}