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MRI of optic disc edema in childhood idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Authors: Simone Mandelstam, Anna Moon

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 4/2004

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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) (pseudotumor cerebri) is characterized by headache owing to raised CSF pressure without an intracranial mass lesion or hydrocephalus. Clinically, there is usually papilledema without focal neurologic findings, except for occasional VI cranial nerve palsy [1]. However, a report of 22 pediatric patients with IIH showed increased CSF pressure without papilledema in 4 patients [2]. …

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Title: MRI of optic disc edema in childhood idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Authors: Simone Mandelstam
Anna Moon
Publication date: 01-04-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 4/2004
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-003-1121-4

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