title: 'Surgical' causes of benign intracranial hypertension.
abstract: Benign intracranial hypertension is a clinical diagnosis linked to a number of medical and surgical disorders. A common aetiology has not yet been established. It would seem, however, that many, if not all, of these cases can be related to some degree of cerebral venous outflow obstruction. We present here a series of patients with extraluminal compression of the cerebral venous sinuses that has been amenable to surgical resection. These 'surgical' causes of BIH illustrate an important subset of the disease and inform us about the possible pathophysiological principles underlying the disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. peter_bodkin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Peter Alwyn
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bodkin
authors.forename: Md Faizul
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Philip John
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: Ian Roger
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Whittle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003392:Cranial Sinuses; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D020204:Skull Fracture, Depressed / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome