Acute surgical management in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. zakariaz@tcd.ieIssue Date
2012Keywords
HYPERTENSIONSURGERY
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AdultFemale
Humans
Pseudotumor Cerebri
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Acute surgical management in idiopathic intracranial hypertension. 2012, 2012: BMJ Case RepJournal
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10.1136/bcr-2012-007949PubMed ID
23239783Abstract
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a headache syndrome with progressive symptoms of raised intracranial pressure. Most commonly, it is a slow process where surveillance and medical management are the main treatment modalities. We describe herein an acute presentation with bilateral sixth nerve palsies, papilloedema and visual deterioration, where acute surgical intervention was a vision-saving operation.Item Type
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1757-790Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/bcr-2012-007949
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