Pseudotumor cerebri or benign intracranial hypertension is characterized by increased intracranial hypertension without evidence of a mass lesion or ventricular obstruction. Symptoms are mainly headache and papilledema. If untreated, papilledema can cause progressive irreversible visual loss and optic atrophy. Usually occurs in obese women and in the childbearing years. It is a diagnosis of exc...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Systemic medications may cause side-effects manifesting primarily as neuro-ophthalmologic problems. It is paramount for the physician to be updated on both well recognized and novel associations between drugs and their potential adverse reactions. RECENT FINDINGS There is a growing list of medications that can cause pupil dilation, pupil constriction, dyschromatopsia, worsen...

BACKGROUND Thromboembolic events are a known complication of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) especially during disease relapse, more commonly in deep veins of extremities and lung, and rarely as Cerebral Sinovenous Thrombosis (CSVT). CASE PRESENTATION We describe an 11 year, old male patient with 3 months history of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) who presented as pseudotumor cerebri due to superior...

Papilledema and raised intracranial pressure have been reported in association with Guillain-Barre syndrome. Papilledema is usually asympotomatic or associated with mild visual field defects, without any visual loss. The cerebrospinal fluid protein is usually reported to be high. A case of a 35 year old lady is reported, who presented with headache, diplopia and progressive visual loss in both ...

Pseudotumor cerebri is defined as a clinical entity where there are signs and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure but the higher mental and neurological functions are not altered. Many times the etiology is unknown. A thoroug exclusion of possible structural causes visual disturbances are the characteristic symptoms in a child but in a younger infant it becomes all the more difficult to ar...