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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Intracranial Hypertension > Pseudotumor Cerebri

Preferred term

Pseudotumor Cerebri  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Benign Intracranial Hypertension
  • Hypertension, Benign Intracranial
  • Hypertension, Idiopathic Intracranial
  • Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
  • Intracranial Hypertension, Benign
  • Intracranial Hypertension, Idiopathic

Note

  • note category: non-neopl

Scope note

  • A condition marked by raised intracranial pressure and characterized clinically by HEADACHES; NAUSEA; PAPILLEDEMA, peripheral constriction of the visual fields, transient visual obscurations, and pulsatile TINNITUS. OBESITY is frequently associated with this condition, which primarily affects women between 20 and 44 years of age. Chronic PAPILLEDEMA may lead to optic nerve injury (see OPTIC NERVE DISEASES) and visual loss (see BLINDNESS).

History note

  • 1973(1964)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011559

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