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

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...

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: 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...

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...