Idiopatthic intracranial hypertension [IIH] a clinical study of diagnosis, therapeutic, and prognostic factors

ABSTRACT

In this study, forty-two patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension were diagnosed and managed medically and surgically with emphasizing on the predisposing factors, the presenting symptoms, the clinical signs and the diagnostic procedures [ophthalmological and radiological]. Medical treatment was tried in thirty cases with improvement in twenty cases, no improvement in four cases and deterioration occurred in six cases. Surgery by lumboperitoneal shunting procedure was done in twelve cases with improvement in seven cases, no improvement in three cases and deterioration occurred in two cases