title: Paroxysmal intracranial hypertension.
abstract: We present the case of a man who presented with headache and severe papilloedema which was caused not by chronic intracranial hypertension but by paroxysms of raised intracranial pressure, and we speculate what relationship this disorder has to idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Neuro-ophthalmology Department, The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. d.kidd@medsch.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kidd
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Unwin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014794:Visual Fields