Intracranial hypotension syndrome following surgery of the spine: A rare cause of postural headache in adolescence

We report on a seventeen-year-old boy presenting with postural headache caused by intracranial hypotension following surgical treatment of juvenile scoliosis. The clinical presentation, diagnostic findings and treatment are described and a review of the relevant literature is given. It is concluded that physicians should be aware of intracranial hypotension syndrome as a possible, though rare, complication after spine surgery.