Benign intracranial hypertension diagnosed with bilateral papilloedema
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: is papilloedema inevitable?
Headaches and papilloedema are key features of idiopathic (benign) intracranial hypertension (IIH). We describe three children in whom IIH was diagnosed in the absence of papilloedema. Recognition of atypical cases of IIH is important because pressure lowering treatment may be effective.
متن کاملBenign Intracranial Hypertension
Grant, D. N. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 651. Benign intracranial hypertension: a review of 79 cases in infancy and childhood. An analysis is presented of 79 children under the age of 15 years suffering from benign intracranial hypertension. The commonest predisposing factor was chronic middle-ear disease which was found in 39%. Headache was the presenting symptom in 57% follo...
متن کاملIs "benign intracranial hypertension" really benign?
Hypothalamic-hypophyseal insufficiency has been found in seven of eight patients with so-called benign intracranial hypertension, of whom four showed an inadequate adrenal response to stress. The syndrome of benign intracranial hypertension cannot therefore be considered entirely benign and patients should receive full endocrinological assessment and follow up.
متن کاملIntracranial hypertension and papilloedema in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a diagnosis based upon clinical signs and symptoms, electrodiagnostic studies, lumbar puncture, laboratory tests, and, occasionally, nerve biopsy. CIDP is characterised by a slowly progressive or relapsing course.'2 To our knowledge no case of CIDP meeting current diagnostic criteria' has been associated with intracranial hypertension....
متن کاملMyeloma and benign intracranial hypertension.
Benign intracranial hypertension is uncommon, with a prevalence of 0 9 per 100 000 and a noticeable female predominance (8:1). Several associations have been reported including with proliferative haematological disease such as polycythaemia rubra vera, essential thrombocythaemia, and paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. In a series of 29 men with benign intracranial hypertension an empty sella...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: African Vision and Eye Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2410-1516,2413-3183
DOI: 10.4102/aveh.v72i2.49