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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2019 Background: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a rare disorder, characterized by raised intracranial pressure with no recognizable cause. Headache, decreased visual acuity and papilledema are the main clinical manifestations.
Umberto A. Arcidiacono, M.D. +3 more
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Cigarette Smoke Initiates Oxidative Stress-Induced Cellular Phenotypic Modulation Leading to Cerebral Aneurysm Pathogenesis. [PDF]
, 2018 OBJECTIVE: Cigarette smoke exposure (CSE) is a risk factor for cerebral aneurysm (CA) formation, but the molecular mechanisms are unclear. Although CSE is known to contribute to excess reactive oxygen species generation, the role of oxidative stress on ...
Ali, Muhammad S. +12 more
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021 We present a case of an infant who developed intracranial hypertension after Doxycycline sclerotherapy of a large right axillary macrocystic lymphatic malformation secondary to significant absorption of the drug.
Angela C. Lee +3 more
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Blood pressure control versus atrial fibrillation management in stroke prevention [PDF]
, 2015 Hypertension is one of the major risk factors for atrial fibrillation which in turn is the most prevalent concomitant condition in hypertensive patients. While both these pathological conditions are independent risk factors for stroke, the association of
Sada, Lidia +2 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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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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Pharmacological potential of acetazolamide in traumatic intracranial hypertension
Journal of Acute Disease, 2018 Traumatic brain injuries are an important cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. These types of lesions are often associated with increased intracranial pressure and cerebral edema, proper management of this can reduce tissue damage of the ...
López-Cepeda Daniela +7 more
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What went wrong? The flawed concept of cerebrospinal venous insufficiency [PDF]
, 2013 In 2006, Zamboni reintroduced the concept that chronic impaired venous outflow of the central nervous system is associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), coining the term of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency ('CCSVI'). The diagnosis of 'CCSVI' is
Al-Omari MH +22 more
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The perfect crime? : CCSVI not leaving a trace in MS [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, believed to be triggered by an autoimmune reaction to myelin.
Mayer, Christoph +6 more
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Intracranial hypertension in neuroborreliosis [PDF]
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2002 Neuroborreliosis is an infection of the nervous system caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, from which patients most commonly develop lymphocytic meningitis, radiculoneuritis, or cranial neuropathy. In this report a 9‐year‐old male with an unusual neurological complication of neuroborreliosis ‐ benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) ‐is ...
Christoph, Härtel +4 more
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