Proceedings: Benign intracranial hypertension: results of treatment by dehydrating agents.

Treatment of benign intracranial hypertension by dehydrating agents with particular reference to the measurement of the blind spot area as a means of recording improvement.

A series of 30 patients (28 females : 2 males) presenting with benign intracranial hypertension is reported. It is shown that the papilloedema may be resolved in as little as six weeks by the use of dehydration therapy. Evidence is presented that this method can restore to normal a visual acuity which is as low as 6/24 or even 6/36. It is concluded that surgery is never required in the manageme...

Benign Intracranial Hypertension

Grant, D. N. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 651. Benign intracranial hypertension: a review of 79 cases in infancy and childhood. An analysis is presented of 79 children under the age of 15 years suffering from benign intracranial hypertension. The commonest predisposing factor was chronic middle-ear disease which was found in 39%. Headache was the presenting symptom in 57% follo...

Is "benign intracranial hypertension" really benign?

Hypothalamic-hypophyseal insufficiency has been found in seven of eight patients with so-called benign intracranial hypertension, of whom four showed an inadequate adrenal response to stress. The syndrome of benign intracranial hypertension cannot therefore be considered entirely benign and patients should receive full endocrinological assessment and follow up.

Myeloma and benign intracranial hypertension.

Benign intracranial hypertension is uncommon, with a prevalence of 0 9 per 100 000 and a noticeable female predominance (8:1). Several associations have been reported including with proliferative haematological disease such as polycythaemia rubra vera, essential thrombocythaemia, and paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. In a series of 29 men with benign intracranial hypertension an empty sella...

Benign Post-traumatic Intracranial Hypertension.