Headaches associated with papilledema.
Headaches associated with papilledema may be both life-threatening as well as vision-threatening. This review will review the following clinical features: (1) the character of headaches associated with increased intracranial pressure; (2) the visual symptoms associated with papilledema; (3) the funduscopic findings of true papilledema versus pseudo-papilledema; (4) the role of ancillary ophthalmological testing such as visual fields and spectral domain optical coherence tomography; (5) the neuro-radiological evaluation of patients with headaches and papilledema; (6) the treatment of vision-threatening papilledema.
Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. rcs220@comcast.net
Robert C
RC
Sergott
D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010211:Papilledema / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity