[Bilateral papilledema of unknown etiology in childhood].
The author reports on a number of cases of bilateral papilledema of unknown etiology. The condition was presumably caused by a formen virus infection. The symptoms were indicative of increased intracranial pressure; the possibility of a brain tumor therefore had to be ruled out. The results of the neurological examinations were negative and a benign intracranial hypertension was diagnosed. In 20 out of 22 cases neither lasting disturbances of visual nor visual field defects developed as a result of conservative treatment. In two cases--children in whom therapy was only instituted at a late stage--a partial atrophy of the optic nerve developed in spite of the treatment.
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Univ.-Augenklinik Szeged.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010211:Papilledema / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000187:drug effects; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000187:drug effects
Beidseitige Stauungspapille mit unbekannter Atiologie im Kindesalter.