Idiopathic intracranial hypertension

• Earlier called pseudotumor cerebri
• Unknown etiology
• Affects young obese women
• Papilledema 
• Raised intracranial pressure without intracranial cause, meningeal problem or any cerebral venous thrombosis
• Tortuosity and ectasia of optic nerve sheaths
• Flattening of posterior globes
• Empty sella turcica
• Narrowing of distal transverse venous sinuses

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Wall, Michael. “Idiopathic intracranial hypertension.” Neurologic clinics 28.3 (2010): 593-617.

Bidot, Samuel, et al. “Brain imaging in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.” Journal of neuro-ophthalmology 35.4 (2015): 400-411.