Ophthalmological features of pseudo-tumor cerebri. Report on 18 cases.
The aim of this paper is to point the attention of the ophthalmologist to the ophthalmic symptoms of pseudo-tumor cerebri. The ophthalmologist needs to control periodically patients with this condition in order to decide for an urgent necessary operative decompression in case of initial visual deficits.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields