Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome

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.

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...

Glial Tumors Pseudotumor Cerebri

Figure 1-MRI, sagittal SE 600/20. Intrasellar hypointense mass extending into sphenoid sinus (arrow). Pituitary gland elevated, optic nerve not involved. A 48 year old woman had an MRI examination of the brain which confirmed the clinical diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Incidentally, a cystic mass was noted in the sella turcica. A pharyngeal soft tissue mass containing cysts was also shown (Fi...

All choked up about the pseudotumor cerebri syndrome.

The diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri, or idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), is most confidently established in the typical patient with evidence of papilledema, imaging that does not suggest a structural lesion, and a CSF examination that shows both normal composition and elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). Prompted by an increasing number of reports over the past decade, Friedman et...