TY - JOUR
T1 - Optic Nerve Head Drusen and Pseudotumor Cerebri
AU - Katz, Barrett
AU - Patten, Peter Van
AU - Rothrock, John F.
AU - Katzman, Robert
PY - 1988/1
Y1 - 1988/1
N2 - A 42-year-old woman presented with a history of headache. Results of fundus-copic examination revealed elevated disc margins and bilateral optic nerve head drusen. Lumbar puncture, head computed tomography, and fluorescein fundus angiography results were consistent with the diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri and coexistent disc drusen. Visual loss was demonstrated by formal perimetry. Headaches were unresponsive to a medical regimen that included prednisone, glycerol, acetazolamide, furosemide, and repeated lumbar punctures. A lumbar peritoneal shunt was performed, with immediate resolution of headache. Optic disc drusen can be associated with pseudotumor cerebri and can lead to diagnostic confusion.
AB - A 42-year-old woman presented with a history of headache. Results of fundus-copic examination revealed elevated disc margins and bilateral optic nerve head drusen. Lumbar puncture, head computed tomography, and fluorescein fundus angiography results were consistent with the diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri and coexistent disc drusen. Visual loss was demonstrated by formal perimetry. Headaches were unresponsive to a medical regimen that included prednisone, glycerol, acetazolamide, furosemide, and repeated lumbar punctures. A lumbar peritoneal shunt was performed, with immediate resolution of headache. Optic disc drusen can be associated with pseudotumor cerebri and can lead to diagnostic confusion.
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U2 - 10.1001/archneur.1988.00520250051020
DO - 10.1001/archneur.1988.00520250051020
M3 - Article
C2 - 3337676
AN - SCOPUS:0023840495
SN - 0003-9942
VL - 45
SP - 45
EP - 47
JO - Archives of Neurology
JF - Archives of Neurology
IS - 1
ER -