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Temporary Lumbar Drain as Treatment for Pediatric Fulminant Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Source :
- Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 37:126-132
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017.
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Abstract
- Fulminant idiopathic intracranial hypertension (FIIH) is a subtype of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) characterized by rapid, severe, progressive vision loss. Surgical intervention is often performed either as a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt procedure or an optic nerve sheath fenestration or, at times, both. These surgical procedures carry a significant risk of morbidity and failure. We present 2 patients in whom a temporary lumbar drain was successfully used in the management of medically undertreated pediatric FIIH, and circumvented the need for surgical intervention.
- Subjects :
- Retinal Ganglion Cells
medicine.medical_specialty
Optic nerve sheath
Visual acuity
Progressive vision loss
Adolescent
Pseudotumor cerebri
Fulminant
Visual Acuity
Vision, Low
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Lumbar
Cerebrospinal fluid
medicine
Humans
Pseudotumor Cerebri
business.industry
medicine.disease
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
Surgery
Shunt (medical)
Ophthalmology
Acute Disease
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
Female
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
business
Tomography, Optical Coherence
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10708022
- Volume :
- 37
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....24df5a8660f716d6ff221ff287f917ae