Benign intracranial hypertension

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is the preferred term for this condition, replacing pseudotumor cerebri, which often includes cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and other etiologies of Intracranial hypertension, and benign intracranial hypertension, which does not take into account that some IIH patients do not have a “benign” course and go on to irreversibly vision loss 1).

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Biousse V, Bruce BB, Newman NJ. Update on the pathophysiology and management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2012 May;83(5):488-94. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-302029. Review. PubMed PMID: 22423118; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3544160.