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Abstract
The pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) may be primary (idiopathic intracranial hypertension) or arise from an identifiable secondary cause. Characterization of typical neuroimaging abnormalities, clarification of normal opening pressure in children, and features distinguishing the syndrome of intracranial hypertension without papilledema from intracranial hypertension with papilledema have furthered our understanding of this disorder. We propose updated diagnostic criteria for PTCS to incorporate advances and insights into the disorder realized over the past 10 years.
GLOSSARY
- BMI=
- body mass index;
- ICP=
- intracranial pressure;
- IIH=
- idiopathic intracranial hypertension;
- LP=
- lumbar puncture;
- MRV=
- magnetic resonance venography;
- PTC=
- pseudotumor cerebri;
- PTCS=
- pseudotumor cerebri syndrome
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Editorial, page 1112
- Received January 3, 2013.
- Accepted in final form May 24, 2013.
- © 2013 American Academy of Neurology
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Letters: Rapid online correspondence
- REPLY to Drs. Wall and Corbett
- The Modified Dandy Criteria for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, No Need to Fix What is not Broken
- Re: IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION: PAPILLEDEMA OR NOT? THIS IS THE QUESTION!
- Papilledema and CSF opening pressure below 28 cm H2O. Is it pseudotumor cerebri though?
- IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION: PAPILLEDEMA OR NOT? THIS IS THE QUESTION!
- REPLY TO Dr. Dasheiff
- Ducks in a row
- Reply to Dr. De Simone et al
- Cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure in IIH diagnosis
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