I.I.I.I.H. (Incessant Imposter of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension)

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Identifier walsh_1999_s3_c5
Title I.I.I.I.H. (Incessant Imposter of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension)
Creator Deborah I. Friedman, MD, MPH, Professor, Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern
Subject Medulloblastoma; Papilledema; Encephalocele; Intracranial Hypertension; Neoplasm Metastasis; Cerebellar Neoplasms
History A 22-year old male with headache, intracranial noise and eye fatigue and blind spot OD.
Pathology Tonsillar herniation with diffuse spinal leptomeningeal tumor spread.
Disease/Diagnosis Metastatic medulloblastoma
Clinical VA: Best-corrected, 20/20 OU
Presenting Symptom Headache; Neck pain; Posturally-induced transient visual obscurations
Neuroimaging MRI
Treatment Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
Date 1999
References 1. Hubbard JL, Scheithauer BW, Kispert DB, Carpenter SM, et al. Adult cerebellar medulloblastomas: the pathological, radiographic, and clinical disease spectrum. J Neurosurg 1989;70:536-544. 2. Meyers SP, Kemp SS, Tarr RW. MR imaging features of medulloblastomas. AJR 1992;158:859-865. 3. Kochi M, Mihara Y, Takada A, Yatomi C, et al. MRI of subarachnoid dissemination of medulloblastoma. Neuroradiology 1991;33:264-268. 4. Nelson M, DieblerC, Forbes W St C. Paediatric medulloblastoma in the SIOP II trial. Neuroradiology 1991;33:140-142.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 1999 Walsh Session, February 6-7.
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/index3.html
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-7647
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