Prospective evaluation of patients with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak Peter MacIntosh, MD; Dmitry Balian, MD; Stephanie Joe, MD; Konstantin Slavin, MD; Chanannait Paisansathan, MD; Victoria Lee, MD

Background: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a syndrome of high intracranial pressure of unclear cause.  There is increasing evidence associating the presence of idiopathic intracranial hypertension with the incidence of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leaks.

Objective: Evaluate the association of idiopathic intracranial hypertension and spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leaks using a novel institutional diagnostic protocol