Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Clinical Syndrome

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Identifier 19920225_nanos_iihsympos_01
Title Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Clinical Syndrome
Creator Michael Wall
Affiliation University of Iowa, Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Iowa City, IA
Subject Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension; Clinical Syndrome; Elevated Intracranial Pressure; Symptoms; Headaches; Transient Visual Obscurations; Intracranial Noises; Evaluation of IIH
Description Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) was first described by Quincke in 1897. Nonne called it pseudotumor cerebri in 1904. It has also been named otitic hydrocephalus, hypertensive meningeal hydrops and toxic hydrocephalus. The disorder was not well delineated as a clinical entity until the 1940's when cerebral angiography with water soluble contrast agents was added to pneumoencephalography as sensitive techniques to diagnose cases of mass lesions. Foley coined the term benign intracranial hypertension in 1955. Weisberg's large series further defined the entity but it was not until studies done in the 1980's in which the high incidence of visual loss was pointed out by Corbett that necessitated the term benign being dropped. Many disease associations have been reported but only few are linked to IIH when the case-control method is used. The etiology of IIH has remained elusive.
Date 1992-02-25
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1992 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 1992: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 1992. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 183008
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64203pn
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