Pseudo Papilloedema

Choroidal folds and papilloedema.

AIMS To assess the clinical and fluorescein angiographic features of choroidal folds seen in association with papilloedema. METHODS In a retrospective study, the clinical data from a database on patients with choroidal folds (1963-97), including fundus photography and fluorescein angiography, from 32 patients (64 eyes) with choroidal folds in association with papilloedema were reviewed. The c...

Papilloedema due to hyperparathyroidism.

Paraneoplastic papilloedema in neuroblastoma.

We report a case of bilateral papilloedema in an adult male with neuroblastoma, in the absence of hypertension or detectable intracranial disease. This complication has not previously been described in the English-speaking literature. Possible mechanisms are discussed.

Papilloedema and respiratory failure.

Papilloedema is a rare but well recognised complication of respiratory failure that was first described in 1933 in a patient with pulmonary emphysema.' Several cases have been reported of patients with respiratory failure and papilloedema who developed optic atrophy and blindness.23 We report on a patient who presented with loss of vision and papilloedema secondary to the obesity hypoventilatio...

papilloedema in children

Nine eyes of suspected papilloedema, 21 with incipient papilloedema, and 16 with pseudopapilloedema in 23 children aged 1 month to 10 years were examined after oral fluorescein. In pseudopapilloedema the retinal vascular fluorescence and slight disc head fluorescence with sharp margins at 30 minutes markedly declined by 60 minutes. These features were similar to our earlier findings with oral f...