Difference between revisions of "Idiopathic intracranial hypertension"
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#[[Acetazolamide]] 500mg BID (decrease CSF production) | #[[Acetazolamide]] 500mg BID (decrease CSF production) | ||
#[[Furosemide]] 20 mg PO BID, give potassium supp as needed | #[[Furosemide]] 20 mg PO BID, give potassium supp as needed | ||
Revision as of 02:05, 16 February 2016
Contents
Background
- Also known as pseudotumor cerebri/benign intracranial hypertension (BIH)
- Cause is idiopathic, but believed be due to impaired CSF absorption at arachnoid villi
- Associated with OCPs, vitamin A, tetracycline and thyroid disorders
Work-Up
- CT scan (negative)
- LP (Opening pressure >25)
- MR venogram (to r/o cerebral venous sinus thrombosis)
Clinical Features
- Headache
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Vision blurring
Diagnosis
- Young, obese women
- Headache (worse in AM / with manuvers increasing ICP)
- Papilledema (optic atrophy/vision loss)
- can be visualized with ultrasound
- Neuro Exam frequently normal
- May have cranial nerve palsies in severe, most often CN 6
Differential Diagnosis
- Aneurysm rupture and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Brain tumor
- Encephalitis
- Head Injury
- Hydrocephalus (increased CSF)
- Hypertensive brain hemorrhage
- Intraventricular hemorrhage
- Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
- Meningitis
- Subdural Hematoma
- Status epilepticus
- Stroke
Treatment
- Repeat LPs (decrease CSF pressure) - large volume LPs on the order of 30-40 cc of CSF
- Acetazolamide 500mg BID (decrease CSF production)
- Furosemide 20 mg PO BID, give potassium supp as needed
- Weight loss
- CSF Shunt
- Optic nerve sheath fenestration
Disposition
- Admit for:
- Severe pain
- Focal findings
- Vision changes
- Otherwise, discharge w/ ophtho f/u for formal visual field monitoring
Source
Tintinalli