| Title |
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension |
| Creator |
Horgan, HC; McFadzean, RM; Lee, WR |
| Affiliation |
Department of Neuro-ophthalmology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland. |
| Abstract |
We present the clinical and pathologic findings in an atypical case of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. A 51-year-old man had headaches, visual deterioration, papilloedema, and deafness. Neuroimaging was normal, and cerebrospinal fluid pressure monitoring confirmed increased intracranial pressure. The patient was treated with a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. Histopathology revealed grossly atrophic optic nerves with almost complete axonal loss. The prelaminar portion of the optic nerves was thickened by gliosis and hyalinized capillaries, which have not been described previously. |
| Subject |
Atrophy; Capillaries/pathology; Gliosis; Humans; Intracranial; Hpertension/pathology/surgery; Male; Middle Older people; Optic Nerve/blood supply/pathology; Optic Nerve Diseases/complications/pathology; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt |
| Date |
1999-06 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| 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 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
225011 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64f4wst/225011 |
