Recent advance in idiopathic intracranial hypertension / 中华神经医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a clinical syndrome manifested as headache,transient visual disturbance,and pulsatile tinnitus,characterized by increased intracranial pressure,and involved Departments of Neurology,Neurosurgery,Ophthalmology,Otorhinolaryngology and other disciplines.Due to increase of obese people,incidence of IIH is still increasing.With the development and application of imaging,ocular coherence tomography and transanal ultrasound detection technology,the application of stenting for purpose of protecting vision has increased,people's understanding of IIH has been improved and diagnostic criteria have been revised,and acetazolamide has been clarified as the first-line treatment,but its exact mechanism remains to be confirmed by further studies.This article is now summarized as follows for IIH,in order to allow clinicians to raise awareness of the disease.