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Latest revision as of 21:37, 8 March 2019

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

Differentiating [Disease name] from other Diseases

Pseudotumor cerebri must be differentiated from other diseases that cause increased intracranial pressure:

Secondary intracranial hypertension

Most of these condition can be ruled out by imaging techniques like MRI, CT scan and MR venography.[1][2]

Bilateral disc abnormalities


References

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  2. Sylaja PN, Ahsan Moosa NV, Radhakrishnan K, Sankara Sarma P, Pradeep Kumar S (November 2003). "Differential diagnosis of patients with intracranial sinus venous thrombosis related isolated intracranial hypertension from those with idiopathic intracranial hypertension". J. Neurol. Sci. 215 (1–2): 9–12. PMID 14568121.
  3. Davis PL, Jay WM (December 2003). "Optic nerve head drusen". Semin Ophthalmol. 18 (4): 222–42. doi:10.1080/08820530390895244. PMID 15513010.
  4. Auw-Haedrich C, Staubach F, Witschel H (2002). "Optic disk drusen". Surv Ophthalmol. 47 (6): 515–32. PMID 12504737.
  5. Lee AG, Beaver HA (2002). "Acute bilateral optic disk edema with a macular star figure in a 12-year-old girl". Surv Ophthalmol. 47 (1): 42–9. PMID 11801269.
  6. Spencer CG, Lip GY, Beevers DG (November 1999). "Recurrent malignant hypertension: a report of two cases and review of the literature". J. Intern. Med. 246 (5): 513–6. PMID 10583722.
  7. Vaphiades MS (2002). "The disk edema dilemma". Surv Ophthalmol. 47 (2): 183–8. PMID 11918898.
  8. Biousse V, Rucker JC, Vignal C, Crassard I, Katz BJ, Newman NJ (April 2003). "Anemia and papilledema". Am. J. Ophthalmol. 135 (4): 437–46. PMID 12654358.
  9. Delany C, Jay WM (2004). "Papilledema and abducens nerve palsy following ethylene glycol ingestion". Semin Ophthalmol. 19 (3–4): 72–4. doi:10.1080/08820530490882733. PMID 15590539.

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