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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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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension [PDF]
Seminars in Ophthalmology, 1991 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension ((IIH) is characterized by increased cerebrospinal fluid pressure of unknown cause. It is predominantly a disease of women in the childbearing years. Although the cause of IIH remains obscure, it has become clear that loss of visual function is common and patients may progress to blindness if untreated.
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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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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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BMC Neurology, 2020 Background Isolated onset of intracranial hypertension due to spinal cord tumor is rare, thus, easily leading to misdiagnosis and delay in effective treatment.
Wanglu Hu +7 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010 Introduction Idiopathic intracranial hypertension can rarely be associated with an underlying endocrine disorder such as Cushing's syndrome, hyperthyroidism, or with administration of thyroxine or growth hormone.
Moore Peter +3 more
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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2001 The diagnosis and treatment of 32 patients diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension were analysed in a retrospective chart review at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Institute ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Cesarean Delivery of a Parturient with Lumboperitoneal Shunt under Spinal Anesthesia
Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2023 Lumboperitoneal shunt may be indicated as a treatment for idiopathic intracranial hypertension aiming to facilitate the dynamic flow of cerebrospinal fluid into the peritoneum for patients.
Hicham Ziani +9 more
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