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- Title
patient with low pressure idiopathic intracranial hypertension and multiple cranial neuropathies.
- Authors
Arora, Alok; Sreenivasan, Shiva; Raza, Muhammad Naeem
- Abstract
The article presents the case of a 35-year-old Caucasian female with idiopathic intracranial hypertension who was rushed to the emergency department due to severe occipitofrontal headache and blurred vision. Upon examination, she was found to have a left pupil-sparing third cranial nerve and left upper motor neuron seventh cranial nerve palsies. It claims that the case showed the need to amend the modified Dandy criteria for idiopathic intracranial hypertension. INSET: Case Report.
- Subjects
INTRACRANIAL hypertension; CEREBROSPINAL fluid; HEADACHE; FACIAL neuralgia; HEALTH outcome assessment; LUMBAR puncture; STROKE; TREATMENT effectiveness; DISEASE remission; SYMPTOMS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
British Journal of Hospital Medicine (17508460), 2013, Vol 74, Issue 12, p696
- ISSN
1750-8460
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.12968/hmed.2013.74.12.696