Increased Intracranial Pressure Without Hydrocephalus Associated With Spinal Cord Tumor: Literature Review

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Title Increased Intracranial Pressure Without Hydrocephalus Associated With Spinal Cord Tumor: Literature Review
Creator Yujia Zhou; Collin M. McClelland; Michael S. Lee
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Abstract Spinal cord tumors (SCTs) may rarely cause increased intracranial pressure without hydrocephalus (IICPWH). A review of the English literature published after 1970 revealed 29 cases of IICPWH secondary to SCT. The following data were acquired: demographics, tumor characteristics, ophthalmic and neurological manifestations, and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) features. We summarize the existing literature regarding various theories of pathophysiology, spinal imaging recommendations, and treatment modalities used in managing such patients. Patients with papilledema who also have neurological signs or symptoms of myelopathy or elevated CSF protein particularly in the setting of an atypical demographic for pseudotumor cerebri should raise a suspicion for a spinal tumor and prompt further investigation with a spinal MRI.
Subject Astrocytoma / complications; Astrocytoma / diagnostic imaging; Ependymoma / complications; Ependymoma / diagnostic imaging; Humans; Hydrocephalus / diagnosis; Hydrocephalus / etiology; Intracranial Hypertension / diagnosis; Intracranial Hypertension / etiology; Intracranial Pressure; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neurilemmoma / complications; Neurilemmoma / diagnostic imaging; Papilledema / diagnosis; Papilledema / etiology; Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications; Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
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Date 2021-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 2021, Volume 41, Issue 1
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s63n90j6
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 1765132
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63n90j6
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