The intracranial pressure was monitored continuously for at least 48 hours in five patients with empty sella syndrome, who did not have clinical benign intracranial hypertension (BIH). It has been suggested that the empty sella syndrome is a result of chronically elevated intracranial pressure in the presence of a congenitally deficient diaphragma sellae. However, whilst the intracranial pressu...

Aim. To evaluate the frequency of atypical and malignant meningiomas and analyze recurrence rate; to study the morbidity and mortality of these tumors compared to benign meningiomas. Methods. During 1992-2007, 16 patients with malignant and 16 patients with atypical meningioma were operated in Neurosurgery Department of Thessaloniki's Papanikolaou Hospital. We analyzed tumor histology, location...

A 16 year old female, was referred by the neuro-physician for evaluation and management of decrease visual acuity in left eye papilledema, she diagnosed Benign Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. She under treatment 4 years papilledema. Visual 6/6 right 1/60 eye. Slit lamp examination normal. Fundoscopy showed lumpy appearances optic nerve heads with vessels macula normal, both eyes. Her B sc...