title: Unilateral disk edema in a young woman.
abstract: A patient with elevated intracranial pressure from aqueductal stenosis presented with unilateral disk edema, enlarged blind spot and a vague visual disturbance. The importance of considering elevated intracranial pressure in some cases without bilateral papilledema is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosensory Sciences, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Moster
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Slavin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct / Q000473:pathology*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014794:Visual Fields