Elevated intracranial intravenous pressure seems to be of importance in pseudotumor cerebri syndromes, either as a cause (secondary intracranial hypertension) or as a consequence (idiopathic intracranial hypertension) of increased intracranial pressure. We present 3 case reports in which diagnostic imaging before and after CSF diversion provided evidence that narrowing of the transverse sinuses...

Benign intracranial hypertension is a condition of obscure aetiology which presents with episodic headaches and nausea. It is a diagnosis based on the exclusion of other intracranial pathology and computed tomography is usually normal. We present a case of gliomatosis cerebri which was initially diagnosed and treated as benign intracranial hypertension.

INTRODUCTION Idiopathic intracranial hypertension can rarely be associated with an underlying endocrine disorder such as Cushing's syndrome, hyperthyroidism, or with administration of thyroxine or growth hormone. Though cases of idiopathic intracranial hypertension associated with Addison's disease in children have been reported, there is only one documented case report of this association in a...

A diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) can be made after excluding secondary causes. As stenosis transverse sinuses is often revealed with IIH patients, sinus stenting used to release hypertension. It rare find a case leukoencephalopathy IIH. Herein, we describe diffuse IIH, which improved stent insertion in the sinus.

BACKGROUND Pseudotumor cerebri, or idiopathic intracranial hypertension, is a condition most commonly affecting women of childbearing age who are obese or who have experienced recent weight gain. Frequently the patient complains of headache accompanied by dizziness, nausea, or visual defects, and it is characterized by elevated intracranial pressure in the absence of a space-occupying lesion or...

Richard Arbour is a staff nurse and clinical researcher in the medical intensive care unit at Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, Pa. Intracranial hypertension can lead to potentially catastrophic consequences, including permanent neurological damage and disability. Intracranial hypertension may be due to central nervous system infection, brain edema, cerebral hemorrhage or ischem...

Background. The increase of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) is a reliable, noninvasive sonographic marker of intracranial hypertension. Aim of the study was to demonstrate the efficacy of ONSD evaluation, when monitoring neurocritical patients, to early identify malignant intracranial hypertension in patients with brain death (BD). Methods. Data from ultrasound ONSD evaluation have been ...

Background: Intracranial hypertension (IH) is a secondary clinical condition due to the loss of brain compensatory mechanisms, leading increased intracranial pressure (ICP) and changes in cerebral blood flow, which can result hypoxia, injury, herniation. Brain4care (b4c) device that explores variations compliance allows measurement ICP non-invasive serial way, addition, it predict evolution tre...

Many drugs, including antibiotics, have been implicated in the aetiology of benign intracranial hypertension. We report the development of benign intracranial hypertension after the use of ciprofloxacin in a teenager with cystic fibrosis.