| Title |
Surgical Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Pregnancy |
| Creator |
Sam Karimaghaei; Subahari Raviskanthan; Cina Karimaghaei; Peter W. Mortensen; Amina I. Malik; Yi J. Zhang; Andrew G. Lee |
| Affiliation |
McGovern Medical School (SK), The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (SR, PWM, AIM, AGL), Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology (SR), Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology (SR), Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology (SR), Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Medicine (CK), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Department of Neurosurgery (YJZ), Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery (AGL), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (AGL), Houston, Texas; Texas College of Medicine (AGL), Bryan, Texas; and Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa |
| Abstract |
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a disease typically affecting overweight or obese women of childbearing age and characterized by increased intracranial pressure (ICP) without an alternative etiology. The annual incidence of IIH has; been increasing over time, strongly correlated with increasing obesity (1). |
| Subject |
Intracranial Hypertension; Pregnancy; Pseudotumor Cerebri; Surgery |
| Date |
2022-12 |
| Date Digital |
2022-12 |
| References |
1. Kilgore KP, Lee MS, Leavitt JA, Mokri B, Hodge DO, Frank RD, Chen JJ. Re-evaluating the incidence of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in an era of increasing obesity. Ophthalmology. 2017;124:697-700. 2. Digre KB, Varner MW, Corbett JJ. Pseudotumor cerebri and pregnancy. Neurology. 1984;34:721-729. 3. Huna-Baron R, Kupersmith MJ. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in pregnancy. J Neurol. 2002;249:1078-1081. 4. Thirumalaikumar L, Ramalingam K, Heafield T. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in pregnancy. Obstet Gynaecol. 2014;16:93-97. 5. Giuseffi V, Wall M, Siegel PZ, Rojas PB. Symptoms and disease associations in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri): a case-control study. Neurology. 1991;41:239-244. |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Source |
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2022, Volume 42, Issue 4 |
| 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/s699m95y |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
2392994 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s699m95y |
