Rapid Recovery of Visual Acuity after Lumboperitoneal Shunt Operation in Malignant Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Background. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension can cause rapid deterioration of visual acuity in some severe cases, and these cases are usually thought to have “malignant” form of this disease. Case. In this paper, we report on a 16-year-old girl who is a typical example for malignant idiopathic...

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Main Authors: Bir, Levent Sinan, Degirmenci, Eylem, Erdogan, Cagdas, Bilgin, Selma, Coşkun, Erdal
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350192/