Identifier |
wh_ch5_p278 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Pseudotumor Cerebri: Monitoring |
Creator |
Deborah I. Friedman, MD, MPH |
Affiliation |
Professor, Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern |
Subject |
Optic Nerve Diseases; Eye Abnormalities; Visual Impairments; Optic Atrophy; Monitoring; Edema; Pseudotumor Cerebri; Raised Intracranial Pressure; Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension |
Description |
Since the major morbidities of PTC are visual loss and headaches, a team approach to management is necessary. The tempo of visual loss in patients with PTC may be rapid or slowly progressive. Most visual defects associated with papilledema are reversible if ICP is lowered before there is severe visual loss or optic nerve ischemia. Thus, it is imperative that patients be monitored by an ophthalmologist who can assess the best corrected visual acuity, optic nerve functions, visual fields by quantitative static or kinetic perimetry, and the severity of papilledema. Patients with papilledema most often develop progressive loss of visual function in a manner similar to that which occurs in chronic open angle glaucoma. Loss of central vision is usually a late phenomenon, whereas visual field defects, usually arcuate scotomas and nasal steps, are an early finding. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6dg00qg |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
186561 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dg00qg |