title: Pseudotumor cerebri.
abstract: Pseudotumor cerebri is a clinical syndrome in which signs and, sometimes, symptoms of raised intracranial pressure are present but in which mental and neurological function are unaffected. Therefore, the diagnosis is reached after mass and other structural causes of raised pressure have been excluded. Many causes of pseudotumor have been suggested, not all of them well documented. Pathogenesis, however, includes cerebral edema, increased cerebral blood volume, and decreased cerebro spinal fluid (CSF) absorption. Except for the risk of vision in a minority of cases, the prognosis is excellent.
mesh_terms: D000010:Abducens Nerve; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000150:complications; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003392:Cranial Sinuses; D004234:Diuretics, Osmotic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D004234:Diuretics, Osmotic; D013256:Steroids