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Assessment of acute headache in adults - what the general physician needs to know. [PDF]
, 2018 Headache is common. Up to 5% of attendances to emergency departments and acute medical units are due to headache. Headache is classified as either primary (eg migraine, cluster headache) or secondary to another cause (eg meningitis, subarachnoid ...
Agrawal +9 more
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The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2020 Background The idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a disease that is represented by high intracranial pressure of unknown reason. The visual disturbance presents the main medical problem of this syndrome.
Ahmed S. Abdelrahman, Mai M. K. Barakat
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American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020 Patients may lose vision in idiopathic intracranial hypertension from worsening papilledema and optic nerve dysfunction. Acute vision loss may also occur in this context from anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
Jingyi Ma, Jonathan A. Micieli
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Outcomes of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in the management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose The ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt has become the procedure of choice for treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). We aimed to assess the efficacy of frameless stereotactic placement of VP shunts for the management of ...
Amato-Watkins, Anthony +6 more
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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2011 More than 93% of people with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (previously called pseudotumour cerebri and benign intracranial hypertension) are obese. The annual incidence of the disease is highest among young obese women, at an estimated 20 per 100 000.[1][1] The median age at onset is 34 ...
Michel J, Belliveau, Martin W, ten Hove
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019 Background Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, also known as pseudotumor cerebri, is a disorder characterized by increased intracranial pressure of unclear pathogenesis in the absence of other structural and obstructive lesions that is predominantly ...
Ahmad Samara +3 more
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Case Reports in Critical Care, 2015 Lumbar puncture is performed routinely for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in idiopathic intracranial hypertension, despite lumbar puncture being classically contraindicated in the setting of raised intracranial pressure.
Kenneth R. Hoffman +3 more
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Spontaneous intracranial hypotension : two steroid-responsive cases [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is characterised by orthostatic headache, low cerebrospinal fluid pressure and diffuse pachymeningeal enhancement after intravenous gadolinium contrast administration.
Alexis, Zandolino +5 more
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Incidental idiopathic intracranial hypertension
romanian journal of ophthalmology, 2021 Objective: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a neuro-ophthalmological syndrome of unknown cause that can be vision-threatening, so an early diagnosis is crucial. Case report: We reported a case of a 68-year-old asymptomatic male referred with a cataract in his right eye (OD).
Sargues, Lidia Remolí +5 more
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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension as a presenting sign of adrenal insufficiency
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2018 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a diagnosis of exclusion defined by elevated intracranial pressure without mass lesions or hydrocephalus.
Sandra Shenouda +3 more
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