Pseudotumor Cerebri (Benign Intracranial Hypertension): Etiopathogenesis, Diagnosis, And Management

Clinical characterization of idiopathic intracranial hypertension at the Detroit Medical Center

“…These findings are consistent with the population-based studies in North-Eastern Libya (30%) [10], Saudi Arabia (22%) [11], Iowa (25.9%) [9], Rochester, MN (16.7%) [3], Northern Ireland (34%) [7] and Western Turkey (27%) [17]. While a recent review suggests that vision loss is less frequently reported and less profound in population-based studies [2], we report vision changes both with and without headaches as an important presenting clinical feature for the Detroit area IIH patient.…”

“…The adult female/ male ratio was 11.8:1. This finding is equivalent to Israel1 but higher than in Iowa, Louisiana, Saudi Arabia, Northern Ireland and Western Turkey [7,9,11,17].…”

“…Our study indicates 22 of the 77 patients (28.6%) were initially symptomatic with headaches. This finding is lower than Saudi Arabia (83%) [11], Iowa (55%) [9], Rochester, MN (89%) [3] (74.6%) [18], Northern Ireland (76.2%) [7] and Western Turkey (93%) [17].…”

“…The most common abnormalities are blind spot enlargement, generalized constriction, and inferior nasal field loss [7,11,12,19]. Corbett et al's [19] long-term follow-up of 57 IIH patients reported 14 patients with permanent severe visual field defects in one or both eyes according to Goldmann perimetry testing.…”