Clinical evaluation and long-term follow-up in 16 patients with pseudotumour cerebri

C Arienta; M Caroli; S Balbi; A Parma; E Calappi; R Massei

doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-9115-6_124

Clinical evaluation and long-term follow-up in 16 patients with pseudotumour cerebri

Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien). 1990:51:369-71. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9115-6_124.

Authors

C Arienta¹, M Caroli, S Balbi, A Parma, E Calappi, R Massei

Affiliation

¹ Neurosurgical Institute, University of Milan, Italy.

PMID: 2089941
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9115-6_124

Abstract

Medical treatment must be promptly established in patients with pseudotumour cerebri. In fact, even though a spontaneous remission of the symptoms is recognized in the literature, we have not any predictive criteria of future visual impairment.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
Child
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Papilledema / etiology
Postoperative Complications
Pseudotumor Cerebri / diagnosis*
Pseudotumor Cerebri / drug therapy
Pseudotumor Cerebri / surgery
Recurrence
Reoperation
Time Factors
Vision Tests