Transverse venous sinus stent placement as treatment for benign intracranial hypertension in a young male: case report and review of the literature.
Venous outlet obstruction has recently been reported to be a potentially treatable cause of benign intracranial hypertension (BIH). In the English-language literature only 18 cases, all from the UK and Australia, involving the use of transverse sinus stenosis stent treatment for BIH have been reported; the youngest patient to receive treatment was a 17-year-old girl. The authors report the case of a 15-year-old boy who presented with headache, papilledema, decreased visual acuity, and diploplia who underwent successful unilateral transverse sinus stenosis stenting and experienced complete resolution of symptoms.
Rajpal
Sharad
S
Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA.
Niemann
David B
DB
Turk
Aquilla S
AS
D000293:Adolescent; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000473:pathology; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000502:physiology; D014690:Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*