Demographic, Clinical and Treatment Findings of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome

Pseudotumor cerebri: brief review of clinical syndrome and imaging findings.

PTC is a clinical entity of uncertain etiology characterized by intracranial hypertension. The syndrome classically manifests with headaches and visual changes in women with obesity. Traditionally, imaging ruled out secondary causes of elevated CSF pressure but now may reveal findings frequently seen in patients with PTC, including the following: flattening of the globe, an empty sella, an enla...

Brain Imaging in Pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome

Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) is an umbrella term used for the constellation of symptoms caused by increased intracranial pressure (ICP) without hydrocephalus, spaceoccupying lesion, or anomalies of brain parenchyma and with a normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) composition.1 PTCS has a reported incidence of 0.9 per 100,000 in the general population, but it rises to 19 per 100,000 in obese w...

Pseudo-pseudotumor cerebri.

The History of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome among “Courses” and “Recourses”

The disease nowmost frequently referred to as pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS), according to the most recent diagnostic criteria,1 has been known by various names since its first clinical descriptions: pseudotumor cerebri, benign intracranial hypertension (BIH), and idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).2 These terms were introduced, respectively, by Nonne,3 Foley,4 and Buchheit et al.5...

Pseudotumor cerebri: a review.

Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is a syndrome seen more frequently in young, obese women defined by increased intracranial pressure without obstruction of the ventricular system. Normal neurodiagnostic studies, normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) contents, papilledema in one or both eyes, and normal mental status should also be recognized. Although the disorder has been associated with drugs, endocrinop...