Reversible visual loss in pseudotumor cerebri.
A patient with chronic pseudotumor cerebri experienced precipitous visual loss as a result of a central retinal vein occlusion associated with an intracranial pressure elevation of 520 mm of CSF and a fall of mean systemic arterial pressure. Optic nerve sheath decompression was associated with substantial improvement of vision.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012169:Retinal Vein; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014794:Visual Fields