"Pseudotumor Cerebri" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition marked by raised intracranial pressure and characterized clinically by HEADACHES; NAUSEA; PAPILLEDEMA, peripheral constriction of the visual fields, transient visual obscurations, and pulsatile TINNITUS. OBESITY is frequently associated with this condition, which primarily affects women between 20 and 44 years of age. Chronic PAPILLEDEMA may lead to optic nerve injury (see OPTIC NERVE DISEASES) and visual loss (see BLINDNESS).
| Descriptor ID |
D011559
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.631.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Pseudotumor Cerebri- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Hypertension, Idiopathic Intracranial
- Intracranial Hypertension, Idiopathic
- Benign Intracranial Hypertension
- Hypertension, Benign Intracranial
- Intracranial Hypertension, Benign
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pseudotumor Cerebri" by people in Profiles.
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Digre KB, Nakamoto BK, Warner JE, Langeberg WJ, Baggaley SK, Katz BJ. A comparison of idiopathic intracranial hypertension with and without papilledema. Headache. 2009 Feb; 49(2):185-93.
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Zachariah SB, Jimenez L, Zachariah B, Prockop LD. Pseudotumour cerebri with focal neurological deficit. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1990 Apr; 53(4):360-1.