Intracranial hypertension syndrome

Intracranial hypertension syndrome is characterized by an elevated intracranial pressure, papilledema, and headache with occasional abducens nerve paresis, absence of a space-occupying lesion or ventricular enlargement, and normal cerebrospinal fluid chemical and hematological constituents.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Xue Z, Wang X, Liu F, Hu S, Zhu S, Zhang S, Bu B (February 2009). "Intracranial hypertension syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus: Clinical analysis and review of the literature". J. Huazhong Univ. Sci. Technol. Med. Sci. 29 (1): 107–11. doi:10.1007/s11596-009-0123-3. PMID 19224175.
  2. ↑ Sismanis A (August 1987). "Otologic manifestations of benign intracranial hypertension syndrome: diagnosis and management". Laryngoscope 97 (8 Pt 2 Suppl 42): 1–17. doi:10.1288/00005537-198708001-00001. PMID 3302575.


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