Erratum to: Efficacy of epidural blood patch with fibrin glue additive in refractory headache due to intracranial hypotension: preliminary report.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-1975-1.].

Efficacy of epidural blood patch with fibrin glue additive in refractory headache due to intracranial hypotension: preliminary report.

Background: Injection of fibrin glue mixed with blood into the epidural space to reliably and effectively treat medically refractory orthostatic headache caused by spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks and subsequent intracranial hypotension has recently been described. The study described in this article utilizes an analogous technique to gauge the therapeutic reproducibility of this novel technique.

Methods: Eight patients with medically refractory headache resulting from intracranial hypotension caused by spinal CSF leaks received epidural injections of combined fibrin glue, autologous blood, and Isovue contrast at the L1-2 vertebral level using intermittent fluoroscopic guidance.

Trapping of misdirected dendritic cells in the granulomatous lesions of giant cell arteritis.

Immature dendritic cells (DCs) are scattered throughout peripheral tissues and act as sentinels that sample the antigenic environment. After activation, they modify their chemokine receptor profile and migrate toward lymphoid tissues. On arrival, they have matured into chemokine-producing DCs that express co-stimulatory molecules and can prime naive T cells.