Pseudotumor cerebri as an important differential diagnosis of papilledema in children

Brain and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-195

  Distelmaier, Felix ^a,b   Sengler, Ulrike ^a   Messing Juenger, Martina ^a   Assmann, Birgit ^a   Mayatepek, Ertan ^a   Rosenbaum, Thorsten ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Childhood; Papilledema; Pseudotumor cerebri; Surgical treatment; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; FUROSEMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PAPILLEDEMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHUNTING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT; PAPILLEDEMA; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33644657459     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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