Dural sinus stent placement for idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Abstract

All stents remained patent without restenosis. Stent placement is durable and successfully eliminates papilledema in appropriately selected patients. Continuing hemodynamic success in this series was 80%, and was 87% with repeat stent placement in 1 patient.

Pseudotumor Cerebri Due to Tuberculosis: A Case Report

“…When the diagnosis of PTC is made, a careful eye exam and testing of the visual fields should be performed to determine the risk of vision loss (1-4). There are several treatment options, including medications to reduce the spinal fluid pressure or repeated lumbar punctures to keep the pressure down to a safe level (1,7,9). Sometimes, weight loss, can cure the condition.…”

“…Signs and symptoms of Pseudotumor cerebri include: moderate to severe headaches that may originate behind the eyes and worsen with eye movement, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diplopia, and photopsia. Some people with pseudotumor cerebri experience progressively worsening vision and may become blind (1,(7)(8)(9)(10). Here, we presented a 14-year-old girl who referred to our hospital in Zahedan (Southeastern Iran) for fever, headache, vomiting, and diplopia which has not respond to antibiotic therapy for acute meningitis.…”

Endoscopic Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea: The Charing Cross Experience

“…22 These include conservative (diet and weight loss), medical (loop diuretics and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors), radiological (intracranial venous shunting), and surgical (ventriculoperitoneal shunting or bariatric surgery) options. 4,19,20,[39][40][41][42][43][44] Complications included three postoperative episodes of transient pyrexia 24 hours postoperatively with negative blood cultures and no meningitis. In follow-up, two patients complained of hyposmia, two patients developed persistent atypical facial pain managed by neurologists, and two patients presented with intranasal synechiae, one of whom required surgical division.…”

A comparison of lumboperitoneal and ventriculoperitoneal shunting for idiopathic intracranial hypertension: an analysis of economic impact and complications using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

“…Within the literature, focal venous stenosis is present among 30%-93% of patients with IIH. 15 Patients are considered candidates for stent placement with focal stenosis typically presenting in the transverse or sigmoid sinus. 20 This procedure is technically feasible and highly effective, with a review noting improvement in headaches of as much as 88% and resolution of papilledema in 97% of patients.…”