The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT) were investigated both in patients with benign intracranial hypertension and in age and sex matched controls. Twenty eight lumbar punctures were performed on 15 patients with benign intracranial hypertension as part of their routine investigation and therapy. All patients had raised intracranial pressur...

4 Benign intracranial hypertension may occasionally be associated with cranial nerve palsies. Abducens nerve palsies occur in 10 % to 20 % patients with benign intracranial hypertension, other cranial nerve palsies occur much less frequently. We reported a 25-year-old woman benign intracranial hypertension with bilateral seventh nerve palsy. Complete improvement of her cranial nerve palsy was a...

Computed tomography of 30 patients presenting acutely with benign intracranial hypertension was compared with that of 30 normal controls matched for age and sex. Qualitative and quantitative assessments showed smaller cranial CSF spaces in the cases of benign intracranial hypertension, suggesting that cerebral swelling is involved in the pathogenesis of benign intracranial hypertension.

chondromas are benign tumors that may be found in many parts of the body. among intracranial neoplasms, tumors of cartilaginous origin are rare. it has been shown that most of these tumors arise from the skull base. their occurrence in other parts of the intracranial cavity is unusual. chondroma of falx is a rare neoplasm. in this report we introduce a case of falcine chondroma arose from front...

Intracranial pressure is normally transmitted to the perilymph of the cochlea via the cochlear aqueduct. The relationship between perilymphatic pressure, indirectly measured by tympanic membrane displacement, and mean intracranial pressure defined either clinically or by direct measurement has been examined in 58 patients (aged 5-77 years), with hydrocephalus, benign intracranial hypertension, ...

Hypothalamic-hypophyseal insufficiency has been found in seven of eight patients with so-called benign intracranial hypertension, of whom four showed an inadequate adrenal response to stress. The syndrome of benign intracranial hypertension cannot therefore be considered entirely benign and patients should receive full endocrinological assessment and follow up.

Grant, D. N. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 651. Benign intracranial hypertension: a review of 79 cases in infancy and childhood. An analysis is presented of 79 children under the age of 15 years suffering from benign intracranial hypertension. The commonest predisposing factor was chronic middle-ear disease which was found in 39%. Headache was the presenting symptom in 57% follo...

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