EHMTI-0269. The idiopathic intracranial hypertension without papilloedema counterfeits the migrainous headache in clinical presentation
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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.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Headache and Pain
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1129-2369,1129-2377
DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-s1-c37