Minocycline-induced benign intracranial hypertension
โ Scribed by M. Weller; Thomas Klockgether
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 11 KB
- Volume
- 245
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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## Abstract Two cases are outlined of patients with visual deterioration due to papilloedema that may have easily been attributed to an anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy if a lumbar puncture diagnostic of benign intracranial hypertension (cerebrospinal fluid pressure > 200mm) had been omitted, wi
The combination of the empty sella syndrome (ESS) and benign intxacranial hypertension (BIH) is illustrated by two case histories. The causal relationship between the ESS and the BIH can be explained by two mechanisms. Raised intracranial pressure could produce a herniation of the subarachnoid ciste