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Our objective in this study was to evaluate \u201cdilated\u201d Meckel's cave as a radiologic sign in patients with elevated intracranial pressure spontaneous CSF leaks and compare the dimensions with those from a control cohort.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Meckel's cave dimensions were measured in patients with spontaneous CSF leaks and documented elevated intracranial pressure. A control group of subjects who underwent magnetic resonance imagine (MRI) scans for unrelated diagnoses were also evaluated. Subjects were included only if suitable MRIs with T2\u2010weighted sequences in the axial plane were available.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Sixty\u2010three patients with spontaneous CSF leaks and 91 normal control patients were included in the study. There was significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05) enlargement in all measured dimensions (length and width) for the spontaneous CSF leak group. When evaluating area, spontaneous CSF leak subjects again showed significant enlargement compared with controls (0.81 \u00b1 0.35 cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> vs 0.52 \u00b1 0.15 cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.0001). Average intracranial pressure measurements were 25.9 \u00b1 9.0 cmH<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>O.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with spontaneous CSF leaks have evidence of enlarged Meckel's caves. 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